Health & Science

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.
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.