Tag: COVID-19

Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 09:57 UTC
Brazil slashes tariffs to zero on imports of Covid-19 vaccines and related inputs

Brazil slashed temporarily the import tax on COVID-19 vaccines and other products related to the fight of the new coronavirus. According to the resolution from the Ministry of Economy's Chamber of Foreign Trade, CAMEX, the objective is to “facilitate the fight against the pandemic”.
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Friday, September 18th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Latin America resuming normal social and public life too soon, warns WHO

Latin America has started to resume normal social and public life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic still requires major control interventions, World Health Organization regional director Carissa Etienne warned.
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Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:42 UTC
Racial and ethnic minorities suffer the most adult obesity in the US

Adult obesity is rising in the United States, with a greater impact on racial and ethnic minorities, a US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) report showed, at a time when the health condition is seen causing heightened risk for severe COVID-19.
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Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Falklands: Standard Chartered Bank donates £12,000 from its Covid-19 assistance fund

Standard Chartered has announced further details on how the Bank is providing both short-term relief, and longer-term assistance, to communities across its British, European and American markets via the Bank’s recently launched US$ 50 million Covid-19 global charitable fund.
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Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 07:00 UTC
Islands' Bits and Bobs

As a result of Covid-19 impacts and restrictions the Falkland Islands' Department of Agriculture has redirected surplus funds towards a salary for a third Agricultural Advisor. Director of Natural Resources Andrea Clausen told the Agricultural Advisory Committee that the move had been made in light of the high workload on the current Advisors, particularly with the need to support the investigation of Responsible Wool Handling and of businesses managing a future of lower wool and red meat prices due to uncertainties in the world market, the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit.
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Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
AstraZeneca Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine trials resume in Brazil

Clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University resumed in Brazil on Monday after the country’s health regulator got confirmation over the weekend that its British equivalent MHRA had approved the restart, a company representative said.
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Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 08:39 UTC
WHO emphasizes the care of the elderly as a “rights issue”

The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said on Monday that we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with the elderly after huge losses to COVID-19 in nursing homes across the world “robbed us of a generation of wisdom.”
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Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:18 UTC
Japan, China, South Korea ban pork imports from Germany; Spain, US and Brazil expected to benefit

Japan suspended imports of pork and live pigs from Germany after a case of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany, the agriculture ministry said.
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Monday, September 14th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
New Zealand to lift virus restrictions, except Auckland; rallies demanded a “return” of rights

New Zealand will lift coronavirus restrictions across the country on Sep 21, except in its biggest city Auckland which is the epicenter of the second wave of infections, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.
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Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:29 UTC
Brazil's services activity in July rises but still 11,9% down from a year ago

Services activity in Brazil rose in July for a second straight month, figures showed on Friday, but the pace of growth was slower than forecast, suggesting the economy's rebound from the worst of the COVID-19 may not be quite so entrenched.
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