Health & Science

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentine government to raid house by house looking for those who still need their second dose

  

  The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández is said to be embarking on a witch-hunt search for the unvaccinated, according to the Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Small expedition ships to be allowed into the Falklands in southern summer

  

  ‘Clean’ expedition ships carrying fewer than 530 passengers will be allowed to visit the Falkland Islands this Southern summer under a new visitor policy approved by the Falkland Islands Government this week.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Ballet performance marks pilot trial of Uruguayan green pass

  

  Uruguayan authorities held a pilot test of the “green pass” with an event at Montevideo's Sodre auditorium Saturday evening.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Fact Checking: Uruguayan President took less scientific-recommended measures than he stated

  

  The information check unit of French international news agency AFP Friday announced it had detected a statement by Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou that 24.5 of the 27 sanitary measures recommended by his honorary scientific advising committee known as GACH was not accurate.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Over £8m boost for international conservation in UK Overseas Territories

  

  Over £8 million new funding to protect rare wildlife and vulnerable habitats across the globe. Threatened species such as whales, marine turtles and sharks will be better-protected thanks to a boost of over £8 million for projects in the UK Overseas Territories, the British government announced on Saturday 5 June under plans to tackle the global biodiversity crisis.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Harsher measures against covid-19 reach Argentine province of Córdoba

  

  The province of Córdoba, Argentina's second-largest district in terms of surface and third in population, has banned on-site schooling plus social and family gatherings as of this coming Monday as occupancy of intensive care beds mounts.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Anvisa allows for limited imports of Sputnik V and Covaxin into Brazil

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Friday approves, albeit with some restrictions, imports of Covaxin and Sputnik V doses for use in up to 1% of the country's population, it was announced.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina to launch local production of Sputnik V vaccine, but subject to availability of active ingredient

  

  Presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina and Vladimir Putin of Russia are to launch Friday the beginning of local production at the South American country of the Sputnik V vaccine.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Chile stops 2nd dose of AstraZeneca vaccine as case of thrombosis detected

  

  Chilean health authorities Thursday decided to halt until further notice the anti-covid-19 vaccination of people under 45 years of age with the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca immunizer following the occurrence of one case of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Baby squid sent to the Space Station for scientific experiments

  

  A resupply mission has reached the International Space Station (ISS) with fresh supplies for the astronauts, including new solar arrays and...for the first time ever two batches of tiny squids for a scientific experiment.