Health & Science

• Friday, June 19th 2020 - 11:46 UTC

  Exploding cases of Covid-19 in Chilean copper mines, claim workers' union

  

  Unionized copper mine workers in Chile asked to be included in a dialogue between companies and the government to address the exploding coronavirus crisis in the world´s top producer of the red metal.

• Friday, June 19th 2020 - 11:45 UTC

  Falklands after UK quarantine waiver because there are no Covid-19 cases in the Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that it has asked UK authorities to waive quarantine requirements for Falkland Islands residents travelling to UK. The move comes as surveillance swabbing continues to return negative results. To date, 413 PCR tests have been carried out in the Falklands, all resulting in negative results.

• Friday, June 19th 2020 - 11:17 UTC

  China besides blaming seafood at markets of Covid-19 resurgence, now targets foreign beef and mutton

  

  China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing’s wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the area’s low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors, officials said on Thursday.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 22:09 UTC

  UK claims China, Russia and Iran are looking to exploit weaknesses caused by the pandemic

  

  The United Kingdom said on Thursday that China, Russia and Iran were looking to exploit weaknesses shown by the coronavirus outbreak, amid suggestions Beijing had used the crisis to push through new security legislation for Hong Kong.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 13:30 UTC

  Chile heading for its worst economic contraction in 35 years, central bank

  

  The Chilean central bank said on Wednesday that the economy of the world’s top copper producer would contract between 5.5% and 7.5% in 2020, taking it to the lowest levels since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 12:40 UTC

  Macron puts on De Gaulle boots and visits UK in a symbolic anniversary

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Britain this Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a hugely symbolic visit and his first foreign trip since the coronavirus pandemic began.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 12:18 UTC

  Peru with more virus contagion cases than hard hit Italy

  

  Peru topped 240,000 total cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing hard-hit Italy, government data showed, even as the pace of infections has begun to moderate in the Andean nation.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 18:54 UTC

  Honduran president and wife test positive for Covid 19

  

  The Honduran president has said he and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus. The Central American nation has registered just under 10,000 COVID-19 infections, according to the health ministry, and 330 deaths.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Chile's government agrees with opposition US$ 12bn stimulus package

  

  Chile’s government reached a deal with opposition lawmakers for a US$ 12 billion stimulus package over the weekend as infections hit a record and the health minister quit.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Peru's economic activity plunges 405% year on year in April

  

  Peru´s economic activity sank 40.49% year-on-year in April, its worst-ever percentage drop in output, as a national lockdown to combat the coronavirus slammed the brakes on industry across the country, the government said.