Health & Science

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 22:05 UTC

  COVID-19 infections in Rio skyrocket: over 6,000% in 20 days

  

  Health authorities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have reported Thursday that the number of COVID-19 detections had increased 6,778% in less than a month, as the Omicron strain has already been detected locally.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 17:54 UTC

  DIY COVID-19 tests given green light in Argentina

  

  Argentina's sanitary agency ANMAT has issued the green light Wednesday to the distribution and commercialization of COVID-19 self-testing kits, as coronavirus infections soar nationwide.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil to start vaccinating children this month

  

  Brazilian children aged 5 to 11 will be added to the National Immunization Program against COVID-19, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  Unvaccinated Djokovic denied entry to defend Australian Open crown

  

  Tennis' number one player Novak Djokovoc was held for eight hours at Melbourne's international airport and later deported for not complying with Australian protocols regarding vaccination against COVID-19 for foreign travelers.
  The Serbian Djokovic was to defend his Australian Open title, which he has won 9 timers altogether, including the last three consecutive editions.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 08:34 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for people over 50 in Italy

  

  The Government of Italy Wednesday issued a decree making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all those over the age of 50, it was announced. Out of Italy’s 59 million people, 28 million fall over the age of 50.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 08:07 UTC

  Sir Ernest Shackleton's legacy, a new era of Antarctic Exploration

  

  One hundred years on from the death of the famous polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, the UK’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, will be exploring the very same region where his ship, The Endurance, was lost in the pack ice – heralding a new age of Antarctic exploration.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Rio street carnival called off yet again due to covid-19

  

  The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has decided to cancel its widely famous carnival street celebrations due to the covid-19 pandemic, which,has made such a large gathering “unfeasible,” according to Mayor Eduardo Paes.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 20:10 UTC

  France reports new coronavirus variant detected

  

  French scientists have warned the world about yet another variant of SARS-Cov-2 after spotting it in a vaccinated patient who had just returned from Cameroon, it was reported in a medical journal last week.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 20:08 UTC

  Facebook too suspends Republican Congresswoman's account

  

  Just hours after Twitter banned Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene permanently, Facebook gave her a 24-hour suspension for remarks she made on the alleged negative side of covid-19 vaccines.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:22 UTC

  German cruise to Canary Islands interrupted in Portugal because of Covid outbreak

  

  Some 3,000 passengers saw their Canary Islands-bound cruise definitively halted on Monday in Lisbon following an outbreak of Covid 19 in the AIDAnova vessel. At least 64 people tested positive for the virus while on the ship, which is owned by the German company Aida Cruises.