Health & Science

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Brazilian indigenous groups exposed to coronavirus and swarms of illegal gold miners

  

  The coronavirus has spread rapidly through the Yanomami indigenous reservation in northern Brazil and more than a third of its 27,000 people could have been exposed, according to a report produced by their leaders.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Covid-19: UNICEF calls for opening schools and “averting lost generations”

  

  The United Nations agency responsible for aiding children is warning that the costs of coronavirus-related school closures out-weight the benefits, and that the pandemic poses substantial threats to children and their countries' long-term well-being.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  After two years and two fatal disasters, Boeing wins FAA approval to fly with the 737 MAX

  

  After nearly two years of scrutiny, corporate upheaval, and a stand-off with global regulators, Boeing Co won approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration to fly its 737 Max jet again after two fatal disasters.

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Pfizer offers Brazil millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine; record acceleration of contagion in the country

  

  Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it had offered to provide Brazil with millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in the first half of 2021, amid evidence the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in South America's largest country.

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Shanghai: All frozen foods imports qualified as “high risk” should be tested for coronavirus

  

  The Chinese city of Shanghai has said that all imports of what it qualified as “high risk” frozen foods should be tested for coronavirus and have packaging disinfected before being stored or sold locally.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Chile set to open borders 23 November but with Health Passport and health insurance

  

  Chile is set to open its borders for the first time in eight months as it marks November 23 as its official tourism reopening date. The Ministry of Health announced last week that Chile would allow tourists to return to the country on November 23, but like other countries that are reopening, Chile is applying a measured approach to kick-starting tourism with new requirements in place for arrivals.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Chinese journalist who covered Wuhan's virus outbreak face five years of jail

  

  A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan's virus outbreak is facing up to five years in jail, according to newly released documents. Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer, has been held in detention since she was arrested in May.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  Brazilian state of Sao Paulo extends lockdown until December 16

  

  Brazil's l state of Sao Paulo, the most populous and hardest hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic decided to extend lockdown until December 16, due to a rise in hospitalizations, according to a decree published on Tuesday in the Government Gazette.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Dow Jones in record highs on news of another promising Covid-19 vaccine

  

  The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average notched record closing highs on Monday as news of another promising coronavirus vaccine fanned hopes of eradicating Covid-19, while spiking infections and new shutdowns threatened to hobble a recovery from the pandemic recession.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Falklands meat industry will not contract overseas workers this summer

  

  As a result of the significant operational and financial risks presented by the global pandemic, the Falkland Islands Meat Company, FIMCo, in consultation with the autonomous government of the Islands, FIG, and elected lawmakers, MLAs, has made the decision not to employ any overseas meat workers this summer.