Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 10:18 UTC

  Uruguay: Health system on the verge of saturation due to Covid-19

  

  In Uruguay, 35.6% of operational intensive care beds (ICBs) are occupied by Covid-19 patients, reported the Uruguayan Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SUMI). Medical specialists warn that this is a limit that could lead to problems in the functioning of the ICBs.

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 10:03 UTC

  Civil servants to work from home to halt circulation of people as Covid-19 cases rise in Argentina

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Sunday announced new measures in light of the increase in Covid-19 cases and fatalities as the Easter Week holidays loom over.

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Piñera to seek postponement of April 10-11 elections in Chile

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Sunday announced he would put forward a bill to postpone the April 10-11 elections until May in view of the country's critical situation regarding Covid-19 infections and diseases.

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Astra-Zeneca vaccines arrive in Argentina

  

  Over 200,000 doses of the University of Oxford /AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine arrived in Buenos Aires Sunday through the Covax mechanism, which is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance Gavi.

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Biden bows to pressure – will promote US vaccine passport

  

  The news came out Sunday in Washington that the administration of US President Joseph Biden was pushing for the development of a document whereby people should be available to prove whether they have been vaccinated against covid-19 or if they have the antibodies due to having had the disease, it was reported by The Washington Post.

• Sunday, March 28th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Falklands vaccination programme moves onto 18-44 year-olds

  

  Falkland Islands residents aged between 18 to 44 are set to receive their first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine this week, as the Islands enter the final tranche of adult vaccinations.

• Sunday, March 28th 2021 - 23:52 UTC

  Spanish MP calls for national Covid-19 protocol for deep-sea fishing crews

  

  Néstor Rego, a member of the Spanish Congress for the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), last week called upon the Spanish Government to establish an action protocol addressing Covid-19 outbreaks onboard deep-sea fishing vessels.

• Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Butantan develops 100% Brazilian covid vaccine

  

  The Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo has reportedly developed a vaccine of its own against covid-19 and is awaiting clearance from the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to start clinical trials in humans.

• Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Paraguay under strict lockdown as of Saturday

  

  Paraguay has decreed a strict state of lockdown as of this Saturday at 00.00 as a measure to curb the spread of the Sars-Cov-2 virus, particularly the Brazilian P1 variant, also known as Manaus, and which has been affecting the country's health system severely in the past days.

• Friday, March 26th 2021 - 10:55 UTC

  Presidents of Bolivia and Mexico warn OAS to do its job and nothing more

  

  The presidents of Mexico and Bolivia signed a joint statement warning Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro to stay away from their countries' domestic matters.