Health & Science

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  J&J added Chile, Argentina and Peru volunteers to conduct trials for its vaccine against Covid-19

  

  United States pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has added Chile, Argentina, and Peru to the Latin nations where it plans to conduct Phase III trials for its vaccine against COVID-19, the company confirmed on Wednesday.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands/Chile LATAM link remains suspended until at least January 2021

  

  LATAM Airlines have confirmed to the Falkland Islands government that the Punta Arenas-Santiago route will remain suspended until at least 2 January 2021, and the situation will be reviewed near that date.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina posted record daily rise of 10,550 confirmed Covid-19 contagion cases

  

  Argentina posted a record daily rise of 10,550 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the health ministry said, taking the total caseload to 370,188 as the country struggles to rein in the spread of infections while trying to ease open its crisis-hit economy.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentina extends price freeze on mobile, internet and TV services until end of 2020

  

  Argentina has extended a price freeze on mobile, internet, and TV services until the end of 2020 after deeming them “essential public services”. The freeze prevents operators from increasing tariffs unless they receive permission from the country’s government. A price freeze has been in place since May and had been due to expire at the end of August.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  City of Berlin bans demonstrations this weekend to oppose pandemic measures

  

  The city of Berlin has banned demonstrations planned for this weekend to oppose measures imposed to stem the coronavirus pandemic after organizers of a rally earlier this month failed to ensure marchers wore masks and kept their distance.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  UK government U-turn, face masks mandatory at secondary schools

  

  It will be mandatory for pupils to wear face masks in communal areas of secondary schools in England in places with local lockdowns, Britain's education minister Gavin Williamson said on Wednesday after a government U-turn on enforcing their use.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Colombian quarantine will move to “selective” beginning September first

  

  Colombia will enter a period of “selective” quarantine when its five months of national coronavirus lockdown ends at the close of August, President Ivan Duque said on Monday, and will be part of Johnson & Johnson vaccine trials.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Another member of the Bolsonaro family tests positive for coronavirus

  

  Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of president Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement by Flavio's spokesman.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  Spain appeals to the army to help expose people infected with coronavirus

  

  Spain will call in the army to help identify those who have been exposed to people infected with coronavirus as part of efforts to curb the spread of the disease, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Young people driving the spread of coronavirus in the Americas, Pan American Health Organization

  

  Young people are driving the spread of the coronavirus in the Americas, the head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Tuesday, noting that both deaths and caseloads have doubled in the region over the past six weeks.