Stories for June 2021

Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:36 UTC
Uruguay's exports grow 54.9% yearly, UEU report shows

Uruguay's exports rose 54.9% yearly, according to a report from the Uruguayan Exporters Union (UEU) released Tuesday, which also showed that between January 1 and May 31 the increase was 33.9%.
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:26 UTC
Vaccination campaign has reached more than half of Uruguay's population with at least one dose

Uruguay's Public Health Ministry Tuesday reported that around 1,807,000 people, that is 51.15% of the country's population, have already been administered at least one dose of an anti-coronavirus vaccine.
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 06:18 UTC
Wrong stats: Peru doubles its official Covid-19 death toll, 69,342 to 180,764

Peru more than doubled its official coronavirus death toll, becoming the country with the highest Covid-19 mortality per capita anywhere in the world. The government admitted it had raised the count from 69,342 to 180,764 on the advice of a panel of health experts, which found there had been an undercount.
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 05:44 UTC
Argentine fisheries exports in first quarter of 2021 reach US$ 162,5 million

Argentina fisheries overseas sales during the first quarter of the year reached 56.843 tons, which represent a 34,9% volume increase compared to a year ago, but the value, US$ 162,5 million only climbed 7,7%, since the average price of the different species dropped 20%, according to the Under Secretary Fisheries department.
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 05:20 UTC
HMS Protector equipped with drones for polar extreme missions

Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship HMS Protector has been assigned two small rotary-wing drones, specially adapted for her unique mission in the polar extremes. Although the Devonport-based survey ship has a large flight deck, with no hangar she cannot take helicopters with her – unlike her predecessor HMS Endurance, which carried two Lynx.
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 05:13 UTC
Southern states of Brazil free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination

Four additional Brazilian states have been recognized as free of foot-and-mouth disease without the need for vaccinations, by the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE.
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 05:00 UTC
Controversial Australian becomes OECD new secretary general

Mathias Cormann, from Australia has taken over as the new secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), starting a five-year stint that promises to be a challenging one. He replaces Angel Gurria from Mexico.
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 01:15 UTC
Falklands publishes ‘prudent budget’ for 2021/22

The Falkland Islands Government yesterday published its budget for the upcoming financial year, describing it as a prudent budget that focuses on stability and continuity. The budget forecasts operating expenditure of £78.3m and revenues of £92.2m, as well as a capital programme totalling £53.5m for the upcoming financial year.
Tuesday, June 1st 2021 - 16:27 UTC
WHO renames coronavirus strains to avoid bias against certain countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to rename the known variants of the SARS-Cov-2 virus using Greek letters, in a move to avoid biases against people from specific parts of the world, it was announced.
Tuesday, June 1st 2021 - 09:51 UTC
Brazil bans entry of foreigners as cases of covid-19 pile up: What about Copa America?

The Brazilian Government of President Jair Bolsonaro Monday banned the entry of foreigners “of any nationality” as a result of the number of cases of covid-19 growing faster than expected, it was announced.