Health & Science

Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:18 UTC
China claims it found coronavirus on beef and tripe from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand

The eastern Chinese city of Jinan said it has found the new coronavirus on beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods.
Monday, November 16th 2020 - 07:28 UTC
PM Johnson self-isolated after contact with a MP who tested Covid-19 positive

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, a fresh setback after infighting amongst his top advisers plunged Downing Street into chaos last week.
Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:34 UTC
WHO's message on World Diabetes Day; it affects 6% of world population

This year’s World Diabetes Day, Saturday 14 November, falls during a global pandemic which has already taken the lives of well over a million people. People with diabetes are paying a particularly high price. Not only do they have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease and death when infected, but many are having difficulty accessing the treatment they need due to disruptions to essential health services.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:25 UTC
Falklands second civilian case of Covid-19: pasenger who arrives in the air bridge

The first two civilian cases of Covid-19 have been identified in the Falklands, it was confirmed this week, reports Penguin News. The first case was identified through quarantine surveillance swabbing of the individual, who had been in quarantine since their arrival in the Islands on November 5, “and remains so,” according to a Falkland Islands Government press statement.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Measles cases the highest in 23 years: countries aren't vaccinating

Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine president and several ministers under preventive isolation after an official tested Covid-19 positive

The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and several of his ministers began preventative isolation after coming in close contact with an official infected with coronavirus, the government said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:42 UTC
Bolsonaro's clash with Sao Paulo governor over the Chinese vaccine tainted with politics

Brazil’s national health regulator allowed clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine to resume on Wednesday, two days after suspending them in what critics called a decision tainted by politics.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Vaccines trials in Chile and the UK’s role to tackle the pandemic

On 11 November 2020 Chile’s Deputy Minister for International Economic Relations, Under-Secretary Rodrigo Yáñez and the UK’s Minister for the Americas, Wendy Morton MP hosted the virtual seminar “Access to Vaccines – Finance, Delivery and Distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean” bringing together policymakers and scientific experts from across the region and the world to discuss the urgent work of ensuring equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines.
Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
After 11 years and elimination of 20,000 explosives, SafeLane Global has made the Falklands landmine-free

Explosive threat mitigation service-provider SafeLane Global has spent 11 years demining the Falkland Islands and can now proudly announces the successful completion of its mission.
Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:41 UTC
The RNA “messenger” would be the key to the functioning of the Pfizer vaccine

Europe's leading stock exchanges traded steadily on Tuesday after Monday's euphoria when they were boosted by the announcement of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is 90% effective thanks to a new technology called 'Messenger Ribonucleic Acid' or messenger RNA.