Health & Science

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccination closer to becoming mandatory after FDA approval of Pfizer's, now rebranded Comirnaty

  

  United States health authorities Monday gave full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, which will now be marketed under the Comirnaty brand. Moderna's drug is expected to be approved shortly.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 12:13 UTC

  RRS James Clark Ross has been sold to the Ukrainian Antarctic Scientific Center

  

  This is the second time that a UK research asset has transferred to Ukrainian research colleagues – the first being the transfer in 1996 of the former Faraday station that is now known as Vernadsky.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Case Zero of Delta variant dies in Argentine province of Cordoba

  

  A 62-year-old Bolivian citizen residing in the Argentine city of Córdoba who gained notoriety as the Delta variant “Case Zero,” has died Sunday morning after being hospitalized for three weeks.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Peru extends sanitary restrictions until September 5 while new set of measures is devised

  

  Peru's authorities have extended the current COVID-19 sanitary restrictions until September 5, it was announced Sunday.

• Saturday, August 21st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  New Zealand under total confinement until next Tuesday; 11 Delta variant cases

  

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday that New Zealand will remain under confinement unit next 24 August because of the spread of a Covid 19 outbreak detected earlier this week in Auckland.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Coronavirus Delta variant detected in Argentine city Mar del Plata

  

  The first two cases of the coronavirus Delta variant have been detected in the Argentine beach resort and seaport of Mar del Plata. Both infections were spotted in travellers arriving from the United States.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  PAHO reports only one out of five Latin Americans are vaccinated against COVID-19 as Delta variant sneaks in

  

  A report released Wednesday by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) showed that only one out of five Latin Americans had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  São Paulo city to vaccinate teenagers aged 12 to 17, while all restrictions lifted statewide

  

  São Paulo, South America's largest city, is to begin vaccinating teenagers aged 12 to 17 after 100% of its adult population has been given at least one dose of a COVID-19 immunizer, it was announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Five cases of Delta variant spotted in Buenos Aires with no link to foreign travel

  

  Argentine Health authorities Wednesday announced the detection of three new cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus which could not be linked to any foreign traveller, thus raising the question of whether community circulation could be confirmed.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 05:44 UTC

  COVID-19 variant has reached Magallanes: three positive cases confirmed

  

  The Delta variant of Covid-19 has reached Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile. Three cases were confirmed on Wednesday by the regional Health Care office and the labs from the University of Magallanes.