Health & Science

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 23:03 UTC

  No more time restrictions for circulation of people imminent in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan authorities are considering lifting sanitary restrictions nationwide in view of the low level of contagion of COVID-19 recorded over the past few days.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 21:58 UTC

  Chile eliminates five-day quarantine for travelers arriving to Punta Arenas by air

  

  Given the favorable results that the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile is showing in its battle against the Covid 19 pandemic, Chilean authorities have decided to lessen the restrictions both for incoming domestic and international travelers arriving at Punta Arenas airport.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:55 UTC

  Neither Trump nor Biden are genocidal for how they handled the COVID-19 crisis, Brazil's President says

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said his country had suffered relatively little going through the COVID-19 pandemic and wondered “why don't they call [US President Joseph] Biden genocidal?”

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  PAHO: Latin America still not safe from SARS-Cov-2

  

  As restrictive sanitary measures are being gradually lifted worldwide, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) warned Thursday in Mexico City that things do not look so bright in Latin America regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Falklands' decisive in supplying Covid-19 vaccines to BAS Antarctic base Rothera

  

  The BBC has reported that nine months after it was rolled out, the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has finally reached the Antarctic. It was flown in, via the Falkland Islands, this week to immunize the 23 staff members who've been keeping the British Antarctic Survey, BAS, Rothera research base running through the polar winter.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Chile eliminates five-day quarantine for travelers arriving to Punta Arenas by air

  

  Given the favourable results that the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile is showing in its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, Chilean authorities have decided to lessen the restrictions both for incoming domestic and international travellers arriving at Punta Arenas airport.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 00:30 UTC

  Uruguay off UK's Red List, but surprising FCDO comment on the country's Covid-19 situation

  

  From 4 am on Monday 11 October, Uruguay will no longer be on the Red List for entering England. As to UK citizens planning to travel to Uruguay, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advise against all but essential travel to the whole of Uruguay based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 23:51 UTC

  Entire Mercosur out of Britain's travel red group, which is now focused solely on other LatAm nations

  

  The United Kingdom has removed 47 destinations from its travel red list, which has been narrowed down to just seven nations, all of them within Latin America and four from South America, it was announced Thursday.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 11:49 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro's situation looks worse by the hour and Lula sets up shadow cabinet

  

  The Brazilian Senatorial Committee investigating President Jair Bolsonaro's management of the COVID-19 crisis Wednesday describes the head of state's “insane” and in “denial” of reality.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  IMF praises Uruguay's handling of the pandemic and forecasts 3,4% recovery this year

  

  The IMF elaborated and presented this month a preliminary statement on the situation of the Uruguayan economy based on Article IV mission findings.