Health & Science

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 07:04 UTC

  African swine fever in the Dominican Republic; Army called in to eliminate thousands of pigs

  

  Alert in the Americas after the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic. ASF has forced China to cull millions of pigs since there is no vaccine to prevent the disease which is also highly contagious.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 06:04 UTC

  Polar vessels RRS Sir David Attenborough and RSV Nuyina meet during sea trials

  

  UK and Australia’s two new polar research ships got together off the coast of Falmouth in July during sea trials in preparation for their first Antarctic missions. The state-of-the-art Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough and RSV Nuyina will enable scientists to understand changes in our planet’s climate, oceans and marine life.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 22:01 UTC

  Vaccination mandatory in Argentine province of Jujuy

  

  The Argentine province of Jujuy is making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all civil servants effective Monday.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 13:47 UTC

  Community contagion of coronavirus Delta variant confirmed in Paraguay

  

  Paraguay's Health Ministry has confirmed six cases of the coronavirus Delta variant in patients with no recent travel history, it was reported.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Another Uruguayan footballer commits suicide, third in two weeks and fourth in 2021

  

  Retired Uruguayan footballer Maximiliano Castro was found dead over the weekend at the age of 46. The cause of death was ruled as suicide. Castro had played professionally until 2008.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 07:10 UTC

  Uruguay's Labor Ministry ratifies vaccination not mandatory for workers

  

  Uruguay's Labor Ministry has announced employers shall not be allowed to demand a vaccination certificate when hiring workers, according to high-ranking officials quoted Sunday by the Montevideo daily El País.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Third dose of Pfizer coming up globally as Delta variant keeps crawling in

  

  The Government of Israel has become the first in the world to decide on the use of a third dose of the Pfizer anticoronavirus vaccine, a move which some other countries are likely to follow suit shortly.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 07:59 UTC

  First case of Delta variant spotted in Argentine province of Córdoba, carrier disregarded isolation, infected 13 others

  

  One case of the coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in the Argentine province of Córdoba in a traveler who had arrived from Lima, Peru, through Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport on July 19.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 07:38 UTC

  Brazil plans to start vaccinating youngsters aged 12 to 17 and reducing spell between Pfizer doses soon

  

  Brazil's health authorities Tuesday announced vaccination of teenagers aged 12 to 17 years against Covid-19 will commence after the entire population aged 18 years and over has received at least one dose.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 07:58 UTC

  Paraguayan President says Covax mechanism “did not work”

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Monday said he was frustrated with the purchase of anticoronavirus vaccines through the World Health Organization's (WHO) Covax program, because “it did not work.” Abdo also thanked the countries which have donated immunizers to Paraguay.