Health & Science

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  Peruvian oil workers and miners clash with police demanding better conditions and Covid-19 healthcare

  

  Angry residents in Peru’s Andean and Amazon regions have attacked three mining and oil sector firms in the last week, two of which were forced to halt operations after deadly clashes, as a second wave of COVID-19 infections hits the country.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  China claims it found coronavirus on packaging of imported frozen seafood

  

  Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of Dalian, which recently battled a surge of cases, a local government said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazilian state in talks to begin producing the Russian Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Brazil’s Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials, but it was unclear if the state’s research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Mexican masked wrestlers out of business or forced to underground fights by the Covid-19 virus

  

  Mexico’s legendary masked wrestlers have been economically body-slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, with some resorting to food parcels or even underground fights to survive a ban on sporting events.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  Obesity and diabetes plagued Mexico confronts world's biggest food companies

  

  The United States, European Union, Canada, and Switzerland, home to some of the world's biggest food companies, have pressed Mexico to delay upcoming health warnings on processed food and drinks, a World Trade Organization document showed.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Gibraltar wins de Med Cruise Award for its commitment during the pandemic

  

  In the second edition of the annual MedCruise Awards, Gibraltar has won the award for the “Western Mediterranean MedCruise port showing the greatest commitment during the pandemic”.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazilian food processor JBS hiring additional workers in many plants plagued with the coronavirus

  

  Food processor JBS SA is hiring 5,200 additional workers in Brazil, seeking to boost output in a key export base while fending off the threat of the novel coronavirus, which disrupted some its plants in the second quarter.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  Sunbathers in Rio beaches will have to reserve spaces through a mobile app

  

  Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches, despite Brazil's raging COVID-19 epidemic, could soon be able to reserve socially-distant sand space through a mobile app, the city's mayor said on Monday.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Brazil's Covid-19 death toll shoots above 100,000 with no relief on sight

  

  Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 passed 100,000 on Saturday and continued to climb as most Brazilian cities reopen shops and dining even though the pandemic has yet to peak. Confronting its most lethal outbreak since the Spanish flu a century ago, Brazil reported its first cases of the novel coronavirus at the end of February.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Falklands' Covid support paid out over a £1m; tourism expected to continue tied to the scheme

  

  The Falkland Islands government, FIG, up to July 6, had paid out £1,016,570 for Covid support measures from the total approved funding of £8.99m. The figure, from a paper presented to the Executive Council does not include the wool clip purchase scheme, which is expected to total around £2.9m.