Health & Science

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:12 UTC

  G-20 must help plug US$ 5,4bn funding gap for the Covid-19 program, global leaders request

  

  G-20 nations must help plug a US$4.5 billion funding gap for a WHO-led program to distribute coronavirus vaccines and pave the way for an end to the pandemic, according to a letter sent by several world leaders, ahead of this weekend's virtual G20 summit.

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  G-20 committed to support vulnerable countries beyond a temporary foreign debt freeze

  

  The Group of 20 (G-20) nations are determined to continue doing everything possible to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, warning in a draft communiqué that the global economic recovery remains “uneven, highly uncertain, and subject to elevated downside risks”.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Thousands of students, despite restrictions, protest in Colombia's main cities

  

  Thousands of workers and students protested in Colombia on Thursday against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque, despite restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

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

  Mexico passed the 100,000 coronavirus deaths mark

  

  Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, becoming only the fourth country — behind the United States, Brazil and India — to do so.

• 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.