Health & Science

Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Machu Picchu opening suspended; Cuzco residents fear tourist transmission of the virus

The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a jewel of Peruvian tourism, will not reopen in July as originally scheduled due to concerns over the coronavirus, local media reported on Sunday.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 08:35 UTC
CLIA announces voluntary suspension of cruise operations from US ports

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) issued the following statement to announce that the association’s ocean-going cruise line members will voluntarily extend the suspension of cruise operations from U.S. ports until 15 September 2020.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 07:50 UTC
Ocean floor topography to be completed by 2030; so far a fifth has been covered

Plans to map the entire ocean floor by 2030 are going ahead despite the challenges of the coronavirus crisis, officials leading the project said, with almost a fifth covered so far.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 07:43 UTC
London City Airport receives first commercial flight in three months

London City Airport received its first commercial flight in nearly three months on Sunday as Britain moved another step closer to fully emerging from its coronavirus lockdown on Jul 4.
Sunday, June 21st 2020 - 07:02 UTC
Waste water analysis in Europe advance the Covid 19 pandemic two/three months before fist reported cases

The coronavirus was already present in two large cities in northern Italy in December, over two months before the first case was detected, a national health institute study of waste water has found.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 11:05 UTC
Europe working with US on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization

European governments are working with the United States on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization, a top health official for a European country said, signalling that Europe shares some of the concerns that led Washington to say it would quit.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:20 UTC
Record breaking Brazil: over a million Covid-19 cases and 50,000 deaths

Brazil on Friday passed a total of more than 1 million COVID-19 cases, and nearly 50,000 deaths, according to Health Ministry data, in a new nadir for the world's second worst-hit country.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:15 UTC
Falklands: Stanley/MPC travel restrictions lifted; confinement measures relaxed

The Falklands Government, FIG, and the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, given the current pandemic situation in the Islands, announced on Friday the lifting of travel restrictions between Stanley and Mount Pleasant Complex.
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.