Health & Science

• Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Mercosur partners sign e-commerce agreement

  

  The four founding and still full members of Mercosur - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – Friday signed in Montevideo the bloc's electronic commerce accord which had been agreed on at the Common Market Council virtual Meeting last December, it was announced.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Parliamentary Commission investigating Bolsonaro's handling of covid-19 pandemic starts sessions

  

  The Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) probing President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic convened Thursday for the first time as Brazil surpassed the 400,000-casualty barrier.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Sputnik V developers file libel suit against Anvisa for “false and inaccurate” rejection

  

  The Russian manufacturers of the Sputnik V vaccine have filed a libel lawsuit in Brazil against the country's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for “intentionally spreading false and inaccurate information” about the covid-19 inoculator after prohibiting its import, citing lack of data, the immunizer's Twitter account (@sputnikvaccine) reported.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Brazilian airline Gol reports millionaire losses due to travel restrictions

  

  Brazilian airline Gol Thursday reported losses of US $ 473 million for the first quarter of 2021 due to the travel restrictions effective worldwide as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentina interested in manufacturing Cuban vaccine against covid-19

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá Wednesday discussed with Cuba's Ambassador to Buenos Aires the possibility of developing locally a Cuban-created vaccine against covid-19, it was announced.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Uruguayan schools to reopen gradually in May

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday announced a gradual return to on-site schooling for a third of nationwide students as of next Monday.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 07:12 UTC

  Apollo 11 astronaut who orbitted the Moon dies at age 90

  

  Apollo 11 Mission “odd-man-out” Michael Collins died Wednesday of cancer at the age of 90, his family announced.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentina halts exports of oxygen to meet domestic health demand

  

  Argentina is cancelling all exports of oxygen to cope with growing domestic demand, Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Israeli medical team and supplies arrive in Uruguay to help fight covid-19

  

  Israel's ambassador to Uruguay, Yoed Magen, welcomed in Montevideo the delegation of health care professionals from the Sheba Medical Center who arrived in the country Monday morning to contribute to the effort against covid-19.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa decides against the Russian Sputnik V vaccine

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Monday recommended against the import of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine to fight the covid-19 pandemic, citing lack of proper documents required for approval as well as other health risks the antidote may imply.