Health & Science

• 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.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:06 UTC

  Collective suit filed in Paris against Costa Cruises by 850 French passengers

  

  Around 850 French passengers who were onboard a coronavirus-riddled cruise ship that was turned away from numerous ports in March have filed a collective suit in Paris with 180 complaints, including manslaughter, against Costa Cruises, their lawyer said on Sunday.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:06 UTC

  Covid-19 daily death count controversy in the UK

  

  The UK's official COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper reported.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Latin America becomes the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed Europe on Friday to become the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths, as India passed the somber step of recording over two million infections. The world's worst-hit region had reported 213,120 fatalities, 460 more than Europe, according to a tally based on official data.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  Covid-19 free South Georgia stands ready to welcome vsitors, but with extra precautions

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic presents a range of obstacles to navigate in order for the 2020/21 tourism season to take place, however, the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSGSSI, is committed to meet the challenge and facilitate visits where possible, without compromising on our commitment to safe and environmentally sensitive tourism.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Brazilian billionaire will fund the building to produce the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in Sao Paulo

  

  Brazilian billionaire Jorge Lemann's foundation and other business interests will fund the building of the factory to produce the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

• Friday, August 7th 2020 - 07:48 UTC

  Falkland Islands has coronavirus test processed some 65% of its population

  

  The Falkland Islands with 2,256 coronavirus tests processed, and no positive results for over 100 days, is leading among countries with small populations that have tested well over half of its population.