Tag: COVID-19

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 15:36 UTC

  Brazil: Senate to investigate Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic

  

  Brazil's Senate Tuesday created a Parliamentary Investigation Commission (CPI) to evaluate President's Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguayan duty free shops seek ways to cut down losses amid anti-covid-19 restrictions

  

  Uruguayan duty-free shops in the Brazil bordering location of Rivera Tuesday hoped a solution will be found soon to their need to reopen their businesses after a meeting with federal authorities.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Full lockdown in four Colombian cities going through third wave of covid-19

  

  The Colombian government Tuesday imposed a full-scale lockdown on the cities of Bogota, Medellin, Barranquilla and Santa Marta as new covid-19 infections push Intensive Care Units to their limit, it was reported.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 16:59 UTC

  To curb spread of Manaus coronavirus strain, France bans flights to Brazil

  

  France's government has banned all flights to/from Brazil effective following the increase of covid-19 cases of the Manaus strain detected in the European nation.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 14:32 UTC

  Argentina finished Antarctica Summer Campaign without Covid-19 cases

  

  Argentina's 2020/2021 Antarctic campaign successfully finished last week after the arrival of the Argentine Navy icebreaker “Almirante Irízar” at the port of Buenos Aires without registering any positive case of Covid-19 among its 392 crew members, military and scientists.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentina: Experts advise further restrictions necessary to curb coronavirus spread

  

  Argentine Chief of Cabinet, Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Monday met online with a committee of experts to assess the country's current covid situation. The recommendation was, as expected, harsher restrictions.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Guterres endorses millionaire's tax to help fight covid-19

  

  UN Secretary-General António Guterres Monday agreed with several world leaders on the convenience to tax the wealthiest, so that States have more resources to support the vulnerable population which has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, April 12th 2021 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentine Government to discuss further restrictions as coronavirus cases soar

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti are to hold a meeting Monday to discuss additional measures as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic seems increasingly out of control.

• Monday, April 12th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine Journalist Mauro Viale dies of covid-19 aged 73

  

  Famous Argentine TV-radio host and former sportscaster Mauro Viale has died in Buenos Aires at the age of 73 due to covid-19 complications, it was reported. He had received the first dose of the vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus last week.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 10:58 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa to check Russian Sputnik V manufacturing plant as need for vaccines soars

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will be sending a delegation to Russia next week to conduct an onsite review of the facilities where the Sputnik V vaccine is manufactured, it was announced Friday.