Health & Science

• Monday, April 26th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  Anvisa expected to decide Monday on fate of Sputnik V vaccine in Brazil

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will evaluate this coming week the feasibility of importing the Russian-manufactured Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19.

• Monday, April 26th 2021 - 03:52 UTC

  Paraguay takes starker approach at Covid-19 with further restrictions

  

  The government of Paraguay decided this weekend to impose tighter restrictions effective April 27 through May 10 in an attempt to slow down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which is reportedly reaching unprecedented records.

• Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 07:37 UTC

  Canada bans air traffic to and from India, Pakistan as covid-19 cases soar

  

  Canada has banned all flights arriving from Pakistan and also from India, where the spread of the coronavirus pandemic seems to have to ceil.

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  City of Buenos Aires bans all non-urgent surgical procedures to free up hospitals for covid-19 patients

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta Thursday ordered all health care facilities regardless of whether public or private to cancel every non-urgent surgical procedure or treatment scheduled for the coming days to make room for the increasing number of covid-19 patients who need hospitalization, it was announced.

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  UNWTO enhances Green Pass to rebuild confidence in international air travel

  

  The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Wednesday took advantage of the Ibero-American Summit held in Andorra in a dual-mode with some leaders present and the others delivering speeches online to highlight its new Destination Tracker, an app produced jointly with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), as a tool to guarantee safe international travel throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 04:38 UTC

  Brazil, Judge orders beaches and bars of Rio de Janeiro must go back to business as usual

  

  The beaches of Rio de Janeiro were allowed to start welcoming visitors again since Wednesday, following a court order which found Mayor Eduardo Paes' ban was unconstitutional.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine President calls for international treaty on pandemics to boost WHO's role

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday called all countries to ”reinforce the role of the World Health Organization (WHO)“ through ”an international treaty on pandemics.”

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Vaccine passport reportedly coming up in Uruguay soon but no official announcement yet

  

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister Germán Cardoso Wednesday raised again the issue of vaccination certificates for foreign travellers to “guarantee the sanitary status” of the country.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 20:16 UTC

  Paraguay redirects funds from binational electric plants to anticovid effort

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez wants funds belonging to both binational hydroelectric plants, namely Itaipú and Yacyretá, redirected to the anticovid-19 effort and has instructed Directors Manuel María Cáceres and Nicanor Duarte Frutos to proceed accordingly.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  First batch of Argentine-made Sputnik V vaccine delivered

  

  Argentine laboratory Richmond Tuesday delivered the first batch of locally-produced Sputnik V vaccines against covid-19 to be sent to Russia's Gamaleya Institute for final validation, it was announced.