Stories for March 29th 2021

Monday, March 29th 2021 - 22:32 UTC
Chinese mile 201 operators eye Argentine shipyard

A consortium of Chinese companies describing themselves as mile 201 operators has expressed an interest in acquiring an Argentine shipyard in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.
Monday, March 29th 2021 - 13:07 UTC
Lufthansa to repeat historic trip to Falklands

Lufthansa will on Tuesday repeat its longest-ever non-stop flight as it flies an A350 from Hamburg to Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands, according to aviation industry website Simple Flying. The German flag carrier first flew the route in January 2021 with a flight clocking in at 15 hours and 36 minutes.
Monday, March 29th 2021 - 10:18 UTC
Uruguay: Health system on the verge of saturation due to Covid-19

In Uruguay, 35.6% of operational intensive care beds (ICBs) are occupied by Covid-19 patients, reported the Uruguayan Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SUMI). Medical specialists warn that this is a limit that could lead to problems in the functioning of the ICBs.
Monday, March 29th 2021 - 10:03 UTC
Civil servants to work from home to halt circulation of people as Covid-19 cases rise in Argentina

Argentina's Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Sunday announced new measures in light of the increase in Covid-19 cases and fatalities as the Easter Week holidays loom over.
Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:29 UTC
Piñera to seek postponement of April 10-11 elections in Chile

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Sunday announced he would put forward a bill to postpone the April 10-11 elections until May in view of the country's critical situation regarding Covid-19 infections and diseases.
Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:24 UTC
Ever Given released from Suez Canal but too early to speak of traffic resumption

Rescue efforts to unlock the Panama-flagged mega-ship Ever Given from the Suez Canal finally proved successful early Monday, Egyptian authorities confirmed. But it was too soon to know when traffic through the vital waterway might resume.
Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Astra-Zeneca vaccines arrive in Argentina

Over 200,000 doses of the University of Oxford /AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine arrived in Buenos Aires Sunday through the Covax mechanism, which is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance Gavi.
Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Biden bows to pressure – will promote US vaccine passport

The news came out Sunday in Washington that the administration of US President Joseph Biden was pushing for the development of a document whereby people should be available to prove whether they have been vaccinated against covid-19 or if they have the antibodies due to having had the disease, it was reported by The Washington Post.