Tag: COVID-19

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  New COVID-19 deaths reported in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health authorities Sunday confirmed 20,385 new cases of COVID-19 nationwide and 57 deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 35,188,586 detections and 689,536 fatalities since the onset of the pandemic.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  BBC reporter arrested in Chinese protests against mass testing and confinements

  

  Ed Lawrence, a reporter from the BBC's office in Beijing, was beaten, kicked, and arrested by Chinese police during his coverage of the anti-zero-covid policy protests, it was reported.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Uruguay to launch new COVID-19 vax campaign only for some people

  

  Uruguayan health authorities have launched a recommendation during the weekend that immunocompromised patients and anyone over the age of 50 should take their fifth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Brazilian-developed COVID-19 vax begins clinical trials

  

  Volunteers were given Friday their first injections of SpiN-Tec MCTI UFMG, a vaccine against COVID-19 developed in Brazil “with national technology and inputs” and “financed with resources from Brazilian institutions,” according to Agencia Brasil.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 18:30 UTC

  Brazil back to mandatory facemasks on airplanes and at airports

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Wednesday approved the return effective Nov. 25 of the mandatory use of face masks in airplanes and airports in a move to reduce the risk of COVID-19 contagion after a significant increase in the number of cases in recent weeks.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:31 UTC

  FIH Group recovering from covid-19 and optimistic about a stronger second half

  

  The FIH Group announced it continues to recover from the impact of Covid-19 and the progress demonstrated in the first half of the year is expected to continue with the coming of the traditionally stronger second half, including the return of tourists to the Falklands.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 21:24 UTC

  Brazilian experts: Vaccination saved 63,000 in 2021 from COVID-19

  

  Scientists in Brazil said this week that vaccination against COVID-19 had saved the lives of 63,000 of the country's population over 60 years of age, in addition to preventing some 178,000 hospitalizations of people over 60 years in 2021.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  COVID-19 back on the rise in Argentina

  

  Six people were reported Sunday to have died of COVID-19 in Argentina as 2,206 new infections were detected last week nationwide, a 48% increase in just one week (1,486 by Nov. 13).

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:30 UTC

  Moderna says updated vaccine available to Uruguay has stronger antibody response

  

  The Moderna laboratories Tuesday reported that their two bivalent Omicron-targeting new messenger RNA (mRNA) technology booster vaccines (mRNA-1273.214 and mRNA-1273.222) have a superior antibody response compared to a booster dose of the basic RNA vaccine.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Uruguay's Vaccine Committee summoned to rule on need for new Covid booster dose

  

  Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced the Vaccine Committee had been convened to decide on a possible booster against COVID-19. He also reviewed his plans to leave his post next year.