Tag: COVID-19

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Uruguay brings forwards Covid-19 vaccination as cases soar

  

  Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Wednesday announced that the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 due to start in March 2023 had been moved forward in light of an increasing number of infections.

• Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Scientists found sublineage of the omicron variant in Uruguay

  

  Institut Pasteur team detected a new omicron sublineage in Uruguay and warns of increased risk of covid-19 reinfection. However, the specialists clarified that “a major impact on protection against severe disease is not expected”.

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 08:53 UTC

  Uruguayan Health Minister says COVID-19 situation “under control”

  

  Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Friday said the COVID-19 situation in his country was “totally under control” and added that “what matters is not the number of cases but the impact on the health system and the acute-severe respiratory infections that may be occurring.”

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:25 UTC

  Argentine President reviews first three years of his administration

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández insisted Wednesday that his country was one that “grew and is growing” after having “gone through some of the worst storms.”

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  COVID-19 keeps spreading in Argentina: 7 people reported dead

  

  Argentine health authorities have announced an alarming increase in the number of cases of COVID-19, which has doubled in the past week and grown above 1100% in one month. COVID-19-related deaths were reported to have amounted to 7 last week.

• Friday, December 9th 2022 - 08:18 UTC

  Argentina: COVID-19 spreading faster in Province of BA that in CABA

  

  The Argentine province of Buenos Aires has reported the fastest pace in the growing number of COVID-19 cases, surpassing that of the City of Buenos Aires which was leading national statistics up until this week.

• Friday, December 9th 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  CFK tests positive for COVID-19, Puebla Group Summit adjourned

  

  Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, after which all her engagements were called off and a gathering of Puebla Group leaders scheduled for later this month in Buenos Aires has been rescheduled, it was announced.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 19:12 UTC

  SARS on the rise in Brazil, Fiocruz data shows

  

  Brazilian health authorities have reported an increase in the number of cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromes (SARS) in 22 states and the Federal District, where three out of every four detections were of COVID-19.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Ecuador back to mandatory masks in indoor settings

  

  The wearing of facemasks in indoor settings has been reinstated in Ecuador due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases such as influenza, the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) announced Wednesday.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:04 UTC

  Argentine FM fears Uruguay's solo run might lead to Mercosur breakup

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday said in Montevideo ahead of the Mercosur Presidential Summit that Uruguay's one-sided negotiations with foreign blocs could end up in the dissolution of the South American Common Market.