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Montevideo, May 29th 2025 - 06:41 UTC

Tag: COVID-19

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 07:59 UTC

    WHO overwhelmingly formally adopted the world’s first Pandemic Agreement

    Governments adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement in a plenary session of the World Health Assembly, WHO’s peak decision-making body.

    Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more than three years of intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and driven by the goal of making the world safer from – and more equitable in response to – future pandemics.

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  • Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Irregularities found regarding Covid-19 vaccination in Chile

    A new vaccination strategy is needed, admitted Health Ministry official Elizabeth López

    Chile's Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) spotted significant irregularities in the Health Ministry's Covid-19 vaccination registry for 2022-2023, such as using expired doses, inoculating deceased recipients, and inventory discrepancies.

  • Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Petro urges all Colombians to be vaccinated against yellow fever in two months

    “Unlike Covid-19, this virus is only transmitted by mosquito, but it is 50% fatal,” Petro warned

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged his country's entire population to be vaccinated against yellow fever within two months. He made those remarks after declaring a nationwide emergency given the outbreak of this lethal malady. “We must do it and our health system must guarantee it,” Petro underlined.

  • Saturday, March 29th 2025 - 09:05 UTC

    Covid-19 cases on the rise in Chile

    “A very strong risk communication campaign is needed to get vaccinated,” Paris underlined

    Chilean health authorities recorded 98 casualties attributable to Covid-19 between Jan. 1 and March 22, 2025, with a total of 5,191 confirmed cases. The fatalities were 76.5 years old on average with an almost equal distribution between genders, while patients with chronic conditions like hypertension or diabetes were affected the most.

  • Monday, February 17th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

    Paraguay's healthcare scenario shifting

    Only 6.6& of the samples tested positive for Covid-19

    Paraguayan health authorities confirmed during the weekend that the newly implemented night shift had provided medical assistance to over 526,700 patients consultations, thus decompressing the demand for those services in the morning. They also pointed out that the number of Covid-19 cases was going down, although one death was reported.

  • Friday, February 7th 2025 - 08:32 UTC

    Covid 19: Milei wants WHO Chief tried for human rights violations

    “We will never forget” what the WHO under Tedros did, Milei warned

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced Thursday that he intends to hold World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accountable “for crimes against humanity” given the measures recommended and adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, the South American country left the WHO, thus following in on US President Donald Trump's steps.

  • Monday, February 3rd 2025 - 08:22 UTC

    Mask mandates decreed in Bolivia as school year starts amid Covid-19 fears

    An increase in Covid-19 cases has also been reported in North and Northeast Brazil

    Bolivian authorities decreed schoolchildren should wear facemasks and adopt other sanitary measures such as alcohol gel and hand washing as they return to school Monday to prevent respiratory diseases (i.e. Covid-19) which have been reported to be on the rise.

  • Wednesday, January 15th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Indec announces Argentina's inflation in 2024 reached 117.8%

    December's It was the lowest monthly rate since July 2020 amid strict Covid-19 lockdowns, when inflation reached 1.9%

    Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up 2.7% in December 2024 for an accumulated 117.8% last year, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) said Tuesday in a report released in Buenos Aires. It was the lowest monthly rate since July 2020 amid strict Covid-19 lockdowns, when inflation reached 1.9%.

  • Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Covid-19 resurfaces abruptly in Bolivian Dept. of Santa Cruz

    Last week 14 Covid-related deaths were reported in Chile

    Health authorities in the Bolivian Department of Santa Cruz Thursday said that an “abrupt” increase in Covid-19 cases had been detected, due to which they encouraged residents to update their vaccination schemes and adopt all biosecurity protocols. A total of 290 infections were reported last week, 11 of which required hospitalization, including three under ventilation in intensive care units, and one death on Dec. 28. All 11 are unvaccinated patients, it was also explained.

  • Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 10:52 UTC

    Lingering symptoms of Covid-19 detected among 20% of Brazilians

    Epicovid 2.0 was conducted across 133 Brazilian cities

    Brazil's Health Ministry detected lingering symptoms among 20% of South America's largest country's population having had Covid-19, Agencia Brasil reported. Among the symptoms are fatigue, memory loss, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, joint pain, and hair loss, which have also been found to be more frequent among women and indigenous people.

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