Health & Science

Monday, November 29th 2021 - 08:59 UTC
Ramaphosa against travel bans on South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the entire world Sunday to lift the unjustifiable travel bans imposed on his country after the detection of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus because those restrictions “will do more harm than good.”
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 21:54 UTC
Brazil closes borders on six African countries due to Omicron variant

The Government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday decided to shut down the international borders to travelers from six African countries where the new coronavirus Omicron variant of concern has been detected.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 21:51 UTC
Argentina to launch green pass for mass events

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Friday announced during a press conference that the country was eyein a green pass of its own as cases of coronavirus have been reported to be growing over the past few weeks.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 12:11 UTC
Departure of Antarctic cruise from Ushuaia delayed because of Covid 19 among the crew

Covid 19 emergency in Ushuaia delays the departure of Quark Expeditions state of the art cruise vessel Ultramarine to Antarctica. According to reports from the capital of Tierra del Fuego, abiding by sanitary protocols, the 173 crew members of the vessel were on board PCR tested, with four of them turning out positive.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 11:46 UTC
WHO confirms Omicron (B.1.1.529) as a SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern

The Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) is an independent group of experts that periodically monitors and evaluates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and assesses if specific mutations and combinations of mutations alter the behavior of the virus. The TAG-VE was convened on 26 November 2021 to assess the SARS-CoV-2 variant: B.1.1.529.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Falkland Islands' Tourism awarded the Safe Travels from WTTC

As the tourism industry rebuilds following the COVID-19 pandemic, very high standards of health and hygiene are expected to be adopted by all tourism businesses around the world.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Europe under alert and WHO convenes emergency meeting as new starin of coronavirus detected

The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested an emergency meeting due to the appearance of a new strain of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, Botswana and South Africa.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:09 UTC
Chile lowers vaccination age for children down to the age of 3

Chilean health authorities have allowed children from the age of 3 onwards to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Chinese-developed Sinovac drugs, the one most widely used on adults in the country, it was announced Thursday.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Conmebol names a star after Maradona on the first anniversary of his death

South America's Football Confederation (Conmebol) Thursday announced a star had been named after Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona on the first anniversary of the former player's death.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
Pfizer's vaccine makes it through to Canadian and European children

Canada Wednesday began vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19 in the French-speaking Quebec, while Ontario officially launched its campaign Thursday.