Tag: COVID-19

• Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Diplomatic rift with China results in shortage of active ingredient to produce vaccines in Brazil

  

  São Paulo Governor Joao Doria Friday blamed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for a diplomatic crisis with China, which led to the suspension of supplies to manufacturing vaccines against the coronavirus.

• Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Brazil bans entry of foreign travellers from India due to rising number of covid-19 cases

  

  The Brazilian government has banned the entry of travellers from India as a result of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the Asian country, an extra edition of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette) published on Friday.

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Brazil could have bought Pfizer vaccines much earlier, but Bolsonaro ignored the offer

  

  Carlos Murillo, general manager for Latin America at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, said Thursday that three offers were made to Brazil during 2020 to supply vaccines against coronavirus, but all were rejected by President Jair Bolsonaro's government.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Coronavirus restrictions stretched to May 23 in Uruguay

  

  The Government of Uruguay Wednesday decided to extend the restrictive measures currently in force against the coronavirus pandemic until May 23, it was announced.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Pepe Mujica joins campaign against Uruguayan government law

  

  Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica Wednesday launched an appeal to call for a referendum to revoke 135 articles of a government's Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which his opponents describe as retrograde.

• Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa advises against AstraZeneca vaccines for pregnant women after one fatal case

  

  Brazil's Health Ministry Tuesday announced that vaccination of pregnant women and mothers in Brazil against Covid-19 will be restricted only to patients with comorbidities (pre-existing diseases) and they would only be given CoronaVac or Pfizer vaccines, following a death which might be linked to the AstraZeneca immunizer.

• Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Workers in Argentina may return to on-site duty after one dose of any covid-19 vaccine, authorities rule

  

  The Argentine Ministers of Health and Labor, Carla Vizzoti and Claudio Moroni respectively, Tuesday passed a joint resolution whereby employers may now require workers who have received at least one dose of any coronavirus vaccine to return to on-site work regardless of their age and/or additional risk conditions.

• Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Queen makes first public appearance after Prince Philip's funeral

  

  Queen Elizabeth II Tuesday made her first public appearance as British head of state after the death of her husband of 73 years, the Duke of Edinburgh.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Cases of South African and Indian coronavirus strains detected in Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities Monday reported having detected the presence of the South African and Indian strains of the coronavirus in travelers who have arrived into the country over the past few days.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Falklands plans to borrow US$ 85 million for the port, and manages a credit rating of A+ from S&P Global

  

  Reuters has reported that the Falkland Islands got its first sovereign credit rating, an investment-grade A+ score from S&P Global on Monday, as the tiny British-run territory looks to dip into borrowing markets to pay for improvements to its main port.