Tag: COVID-19

Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:19 UTC
The Venturer leaves Brazil and is sailing for the Falklands

Following four weeks docked in Bahia, northeast Brazil, because of a Covid 19 outbreak on board, the Red Ensign flagged trawler Venturer left on Tuesday night for the Falkland Islands.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:15 UTC
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine proves 94% effective in a study with 1,2 million in Israel

AFP – The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has proven 94% effective in a study involving 1.2 million people in Israel, the first peer-reviewed real world research confirming the power of mass immunization campaigns to bring the pandemic to a close.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:36 UTC
EU divided over travel certificates of vaccination; southern countries want to recover the summer season

European Union leaders will agree on Thursday to work on certificates of vaccination for EU citizens who have had an anti-COVID shot, with southern EU countries that depend heavily on tourism desperate to rescue this summer's holiday season.
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Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
The Falkland Islands receives second batch of Covid-19 vaccines

The Falkland Islands Government has received its second batch of Covid-19 vaccines, supplied by the UK government. These 2,200 doses arrived today via the South Atlantic Airbridge and are of the same Oxford/AstraZeneca type as the first batch received at the beginning of the month.
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Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:20 UTC
Warsaw claims to have the tallest skyscraper in the European Union

Warsaw claims to have the tallest skyscraper in the European Union after workers mounted an 80-meter needle bringing the total height of the building to over 310 meters, developer HB Reavis said.
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Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Uruguay starts inoculation campaign March first with Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines

Uruguay will be receiving the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines next Thursday evening and the official inoculation campaign will begin on Monday March first. Over the weekend those in charge of vaccination will be the first to receive the shots, according to president Luis Lacalle Pou.
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Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Maduro complains sanctions are hurting Venezuela's ability to fight the pandemic and consequences

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Monday denounced international sanctions against his country, saying they have limited the government’s ability to fight the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis. European Union foreign ministers on Monday imposed new sanctions on 19 leading Venezuelan officials.
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Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 09:14 UTC
Pfizer plans to deliver 13 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine per week to US

Drug maker Pfizer announced it expects to deliver more than 13 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine per week to the United States by the middle of March, more than doubling its shipments from early February, a top Pfizer executive said in prepared testimony ahead of a Tuesday congressional hearing.
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Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 09:07 UTC
February a poor month for industrial confidence in Brazil

A survey from the prestigious Getulio Vargas foundation showed that Brazilian industrial confidence fell in February for a second consecutive month, further evidence that the economy is losing steam and could even contract in the first quarter.
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Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 08:53 UTC
Argentina publishes the VIP list, who received preferential Covid-19 vaccine treatment

The Argentine government has published a list of 70 influential figures, mostly politicians and close friends and family members, who have received preferential vaccine Covid-19 treatment, at the Posadas Hospital in Buenos Aires.
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