Health & Science

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 20:40 UTC

  Ursula von der Leyen says time Europe eyed mandatory vaccination

  

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Wednesday said it was time Europe started evaluating compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for all of its citizens in view of the increasing number of infections reported over the past few days.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  WHO says travel bans achieve little against Omicron strain

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday advised people aged over 60 or who suffer from comorbidities which could result in more serious cases of COVID-19 postponed all travel whenever possible in the light of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Brazil reports first two cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Tuesday reported having detected the first two local cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which are also the first two infections of this kind in the entire South American continent.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Puerto Madryn refuses to allow cruise vessel Hamburg to dock or let people ashore

  

  The mayor of Puerto Madryn, Patagonia province of Chubut, Gustavo Sastre has asked the local port authority to prevent the cruise vessel Hamburg from calling and docking at the harbor. Hamburg is continuing with its southern cruise, after having left Buenos Aires on Monday

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  New Covid-19 case detected aboard controversial Hamburg cruise ship

  

  Argentina's Health Ministry Tuesday ordered everyone on board the cruise ship Hamburg must remain under quarantine after a new case of COVID-19 has been detected.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 18:34 UTC

  Pill to treat COVID-19 cleared for distribution within Paraguay

  

  A pill to treat COVID-19 patients can now be distributed throughout Paraguay's conventional pharmaceutical network after two local laboratories were granted a registration license to manufacture Molnupiravir, the pill developed by Merck.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 11:00 UTC

  Defending champ Djokovic to skip Australian tennis Open due to Vax mandate

  

  World tennis Number One and defending champion Novak Djokovic will not play the 2022 edition of the Australian Open in response to the vaccination requirement against COVID-19 imposed by local authorities and organizers.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay's strategy against Omicron is to just be alert, President says

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday said his Government had no specific strategy against the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, other than “being alert.”

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  G7 health officials agree to keep an eye on Omicron

  

  Health Ministers from the seven most developed democratic economies in the world Monday agreed the new coronavirus strain dubbed Omicron was “highly transmissible” and called for “urgent action.”

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentine Border Health authorities learn Cape Verde is not in Asia

  

  As incoming trips from Africa were banned almost worldwide in light of the appearance of the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2, Argentine authorities had no trouble allowing a cruise ship steaming from Cape Verde to moor in Buenos Aires.... because “it came from Asia.”