Health & Science

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Coronavirus cases in Argentina climbs to 17; minister admits the virus arrived faster than expected

  

  Argentina's health ministry announced on Monday five new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the total number to 17. All of them were described as imported cases since they involved people who arrived from overseas. They include a patient in Buenos Aires City, two from Chaco province, one from San Luis and the fifth in Patagonia Rio Negro province.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Coronavirus overshadowing Trump's optimism with the economy and reelection campaign

  

  Concern that president Donald Trump himself could be exposed to the coronavirus through contact with two Republican lawmakers loomed on Monday, on a day when US stocks plummeted, feeding growing national anxiety. Trump, who flew back to Washington after a weekend golfing at his Florida resort and having dinner with Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, has spent weeks dismissing the seriousness of the threat.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  Italy in self-imposed quarantine: highest coronavirus death toll in the world after China

  

  All of Italy under lockdown, reeling financial markets, and rioting prisoners made clear on Monday how the global coronavirus epidemic was extending its reach into all aspects of social and economic life.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 06:55 UTC

  Ireland has decided to cancel St Patrick's Day on March 17

  

  The Irish government will cancel this year's St Patrick's Day Parade because of the coronavirus outbreak, state broadcaster RTE and other media said on Monday. The annual parade celebrating the country's patron saint regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of people to the Irish capital and was to have been held on Mar 17.

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  First Covid-19 death in Latin America; twelve positive cases in Argentina

  

  A 64-year-old man died in Argentina as a result of the Covid-19, the first such death in Latin America, health authorities announced Saturday. The Ministry of Health said the patient lived in Buenos Aires and had been confirmed with COVID-19 after coming down with a cough, fever and sore throat following a recent trip to Europe.

• Saturday, March 7th 2020 - 06:58 UTC

  Argentina reports eight confirmed cases of Covid-19

  

  The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Argentina has risen from two to eight within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said.

• Saturday, March 7th 2020 - 06:50 UTC

  Covid-19: Advice on Travelling to the Falkland Islands; list of banned countries

  

  The government of the Falklands is updating its advice on travelling to the Islands, in response to the global COVID-19 situation. All passengers arriving in the Falkland Islands by air are routinely required, by law, to complete a declaration about countries they have come from or visited recently.

• Saturday, March 7th 2020 - 06:29 UTC

  Satellite images reveal the “vacuum” impact of the Covid-19 epidemic

  

  Empty public squares, a ghostly train station, and deserted holy sites - a series of striking satellite images have revealed the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on some of the world's busiest spaces.

• Saturday, March 7th 2020 - 06:20 UTC

  First case of Covid-19 in Vatican; Pope sends message and Saint Peter's Square is emptied

  

  The Vatican on Friday reported its first coronavirus case and closed some offices to protect hundreds of the micro-state's priests and residents as the virus rages across surrounding Italy. The confirmed case prompted a sympathetic message from the Pope and all but emptied Saint Peter's Square.

• Friday, March 6th 2020 - 11:00 UTC

  Argentina reports second confirmed case of Covid-19

  

  Argentina's health officials confirmed the country's second Covid-19 case, a young man currently interned in a private hospital in Buenos Aires. The patient, a 23-year old staff member of a Buenos Aires elected councilor visited the north of Italy and was back on March first, but two days later had a peak of fever and other suspicious symptoms.