Health & Science

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 21:09 UTC

  Quebec announces health penalty for those unvaccinated: it worked

  

  The Canadian province of Quebec has come up with the idea of imposing an extra tax on people who willingly chose not to take a vaccine against COVID-19. The measure has reportedly led to a collapse in vaccination centers with people rushing for appointments.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 21:05 UTC

  Argentine Government decrees two days of teleworking for public employees

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández has decided that all civil servants go back to teleworking for two days -Jan. 13 and 14- as a result of the heat wave and the numeous problems with electricity supply.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Bolsonaro “welcomes” Omicron – angers WHO

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 was “welcome” in Brazil, because it “may point to the end of the pandemic.”

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Omicron becomes dominant strain worldwide, WHO says

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday admitted Omicron variant of the coronavirus was already the dominant one worldwide, accounting for almost 60% of the cases.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian VP and 6 ministers down with COVID-19

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 20:02 UTC

  Argentina: No more isolation for asymptomatic people with booster doses

  

  Argentine Health Authorities have decided Tuesday that from now on, people who have taken three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and remain asymptomatic following close contact with a positive case of the disease shall no longer be required to isolate themselves.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 13:51 UTC

  Heart of a genetically modified pig implanted to a human in Maryland

  

  A team of surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical School announced on Monday they had implanted the heart of a genetically modified pig into a human being. Considered a world first, doctors hailed the transplant a “historic milestone”.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Foreigners wanting to enter Paraguay to be required full COVID-19 vaccination

  

  Effective Jan. 12, the Government of Paraguay will require at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to anyone who wishes to enter the country, it was announced, except for people who have been treated with single-dose drugs.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:41 UTC

  Coronavirus keeps airline crews quarantined, passengers stranded

  

  Multiple cases of COVID-19 are leaving companies understaffed but when it comes down to airline services it becomes far more notorious because scores of angry passengers fill airports everywhere.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 13:11 UTC

  Djokovic wins court case but Aussie Gov't may still expel him at discretion

  

  An Australian Circuit Court Monday ruled in favor of reinstating tennis' top player Novak Djokovic his visa, which was canceled by immigration officials on the grounds that he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.