Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, December 9th 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  CFK tests positive for COVID-19, Puebla Group Summit adjourned

  

  Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, after which all her engagements were called off and a gathering of Puebla Group leaders scheduled for later this month in Buenos Aires has been rescheduled, it was announced.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 19:12 UTC

  SARS on the rise in Brazil, Fiocruz data shows

  

  Brazilian health authorities have reported an increase in the number of cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromes (SARS) in 22 states and the Federal District, where three out of every four detections were of COVID-19.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Ecuador back to mandatory masks in indoor settings

  

  The wearing of facemasks in indoor settings has been reinstated in Ecuador due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases such as influenza, the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) announced Wednesday.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:04 UTC

  Argentine FM fears Uruguay's solo run might lead to Mercosur breakup

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday said in Montevideo ahead of the Mercosur Presidential Summit that Uruguay's one-sided negotiations with foreign blocs could end up in the dissolution of the South American Common Market.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  COVID-19 infections 280% up in Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities reported Sunday a 280% increase in COVID-19 infections in one week, with 12,609 new detections and 9 deaths, a 12.5% increase.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Fifth wave of COVID-19 reported having started in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan health authorities Friday reported the beginning of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in the country, where 621 new cases have been confirmed.

• Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentine judge sets conditions for vaccinating children against COVID-19

  

  A federal judge in the Argentine seaport of Mar del Plata ruled that promoting COVID-19 vaccination for children should be halted until the manufacturers supply those responsible for the minors (i.e. their parents or caretakers) with all pertinent information regarding side effects and other possible consequences.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Greece to reinstate unvaccinated healthcare staff

  

  Greek healthcare workers sidelined in September 2021 for refusing to take a vaccine against COVID-19 are to be allowed back at their jobs effective Jan. 1, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 18:55 UTC

  Increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Argentina calls for precaution, not alarm

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Wednesday issued a series of recommendations given the increase in the number of COVID-19 infections nationwide.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Foreign investment in Latin America still below pre-pandemic levels

  

  Despite a 40.7% growth from 2021, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Latin America continue to be below the levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday in Santiago by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).