Health & Science

• 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.

• Friday, March 6th 2020 - 10:58 UTC

  Flybe collapses and all its flights are grounded: fierce competition and coronavirus

  

  One of Britain's biggest airlines, Flybe, collapsed on Thursday with all its flights grounded, the company said, as the coronavirus epidemic takes a heavy toll on airlines around the world.

• Friday, March 6th 2020 - 10:48 UTC

  Why now is the right time to invest in Mexican pharma

  

  The spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus or COVID-19 has sent ripples of panic all across the globe. What was thought to be a localized threat in China has quickly grown into an epidemic that has spread into Italy, Iran and South Korea.

• Friday, March 6th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Latin American currencies weakened on Thursday's; Brazil Real slides to a record low

  

  Latin American stocks and currencies weakened on Thursday, with Brazil's real slipping to yet another record low, as the rapid spread of the coronavirus sapped risk appetite and investors worried about the scale of the economic fallout.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  IMF chief calls for an all-out response to the coronavirus epidemic serious threat

  

  IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday called for an all-out, “no regrets” response to the new coronavirus epidemic which poses a “serious threat” to the global economy.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Covid-19 deaths in US reach 11; California declares emergency and Congress agrees on US$ 8bn to fight the disease

  

  The death toll in the United States from the novel coronavirus rose to 11 on Wednesday, as lawmakers in Congress agreed to provide more than US$8 billion to fight the rapidly spreading disease.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Argentina and Chile reported their first confirmed cases of coronavirus patients

  

  Argentina and Chile both said on Tuesday they had confirmed their first case of the novel coronavirus in patients who recently returned from travels. A 43-year-old infected Argentine man had returned from Italy on March 1, while a 33-year-old Chilean man had spent a month in southeast Asia.