Argentina

• Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentina authorizes emergency use of Sinopharm's vaccine; one million doses expected

  

  ANMAT, Argentina’s drug regulator has authorized the emergency use of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine ahead of an expected delivery of 1 million doses of the Chinese-made jab.

• Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  “Gines was a great minister, but what he did was unforgivable”, Argentine president

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez blasted his former health minister, and close friend, Gines Gonzalez García over an “unforgivable” coronavirus vaccine scandal, in quotes published on Sunday.

• Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 22:11 UTC

  Argentine new Health minister guarantees fairness in access to Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Argentina has a new Health Minister Carla Vizzotti, who was sworn in on Saturday after the country was rattled by a scandal over VIP coronavirus vaccine access. The incoming official pledged to strengthen oversight and transparency of the inoculation program.

• Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine health minister resigns over VIP vaccination scandal eroding public trust in the inoculation program

  

  Argentina's current Deputy Health minister Carla Vizzotti, will be appointed Minister on Saturday following the Friday resignation of Ginés González García, who had organized at the ministry a VIP Covid-19 vaccination hall for government officials, friends and family.

• Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Bondholders criticize Argentina erratic economic policies, subordinated to politics

  

  Creditors have criticized the current Argentine government of the country for what it describes as “erratic” economic policies claiming they are impeding growth and weighing on bond prices five months after the government restructured some US$ 65 billion in foreign bonds.

• Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Fearful of inflation Argentina claims consumer corporations are holding back production volumes

  

  With inflation far from target and increasing consumer prices, Argentina is investigating firms including Danone, Procter & Gamble, Fargo, miller Cañuelas, abattoir Paledini and Unilever, along with food producers like Bunge, accusing them of deliberately holding back production.

• Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Argentina's death toll, 50,432; batch of AstraZeneca vaccine from India expected Wednesday

  

  Argentina on Tuesday reported 4,003 new COVID-19 cases and 106 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 2,033,060 and the death toll to 50,432, the health authorities said. Since the first case was detected on March 3, 2020, some 1,838,291 people infected with the virus have recovered, the health ministry added.

• Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  Re-wilding Project: the Jaguar has returned to South America wetlands after 70 years

  

  The largest predator in South America, the jaguar, has returned to the Iberá wetlands in Argentina 70 years after the species was driven to local extinction through hunting and habitat loss. Currently, only about 200 jaguars remain in Argentina.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentina's October midterm elections condition IMF debt deal

  

  Argentina’s powerful vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her allies in the leftwing administration want to postpone a crucial US$ 44bn debt deal with the IMF until the pandemic has eased, officials said, avoiding painful spending cuts before October’s midterm elections.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2021 - 07:34 UTC

  Covid-19: Argentina's death toll reached 50,327 on Monday

  

  Argentina's Health Ministry on Monday said 91 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours have raised the country's total death toll to 50,327. According to the ministry, tests have detected 3,259 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the nationwide count to 2,029,057.