Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, March 12th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Europe approves J&J single shot Covid-19 vaccine; some 200 million doses pledged by end of year

  

  Europe approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday and is expected to be delivered in a month. The COVID-19 shot is the fourth to be endorsed for use in the European Union after vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-Oxford University, and Moderna, and is recommended for those over 18 years of age, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Lula launches 2022 presidential campaign: “health, jobs and justice for Brazil”

  

  Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva launched on Wednesday the campaign for the 2022 presidential election, which is anticipated will be dominated by attacks on Jair Bolsonaro on the pandemic, a weak economy and deep political polarization.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Rich countries block a Covid-19 vaccines patent rights waiver

  

  The rich members of the World Trade Organization blocked a push by over 80 developing countries on Wednesday to waive patent rights in an effort to boost the production of Covid-19 vaccines for poor nations.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil overtakes US in daily Covid-19 deaths, 2,286 on Wednesday

  

  New Covid-19 infections in Latin America are still rising, particularly in Brazil where a resurgence has caused record daily deaths, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Spain expects to roll out vaccine “Digital Green Pass” by May 19 for FITUR tourism fair

  

  Spain could be ready to start rolling out coronavirus vaccine ‘passports’ by the end of May, paving the way to welcome back holidaymakers, Minister of tourism, María Reyes Maroto, said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Great victory for Biden: on Friday he signs the US$ 1,9 trillion American Rescue Plan

  

  Great victory for president Joe Biden: US Congress on Wednesday passed the enormous Covid-19 economic relief package --the greatest support program since the end of World War II--, which will inject billions to families and businesses.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  UK/EU controversy over “vaccine nationalism” and exports bans

  

  European Council President Charles Michel on Tuesday rejected charges of “vaccine nationalism” leveled against the EU, saying that while Britain and the United States have outright bans on exports of COVID-19 shots, the EU had not stopped exporting.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  Inflation in China falls 0,2% in February; pork prices drop 14,9% year on year

  

  China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, fell 0.2% in February from a year earlier, paving the way for China's steady economic recovery in the post-COVID era as the price trend kept stable, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  Countries and airlines discuss “health passports” hoping to re launch travel

  

  From digital certificates to “health passports”, countries and airlines across the globe are hoping to re-launch travel by letting people prove their Covid-free status. But with patchy vaccine access around the world and mounting concerns over data privacy, questions are swirling about how the measures will work in practice.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Fourth day of protests in Paraguay because of government's handling of the pandemic

  

  Groups of Paraguayans protested around the Congress on Monday, marking the fourth day of protests amid calls to impeach President Mario Abdo over the government's handling of the Covid-19 health crisis.