Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, October 31st 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Argentina to start applying 5th dose of COVID-19 vax

  

  Argentina's Federal Health Council (COFESA) has agreed to move on with the fifth dose, or third booster of a Covid-19 vaccine por patients who received the second dose over 120 before.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  CELAC FMs call for joint connection with the rest of the world

  

  Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires Wednesday issued a statement calling for the consolidation of regional unity while deepening strategies for joint approaches regarding the bloc's connection with the rest of the world.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  All COVID-19 restrictions lifted in Peru

  

  Peruvian health authorities Wednesday announced the lifting of the state of emergency declared amid the COVID-19 pandemic as well as all sanitary restrictions imposed thereby.

• Monday, October 24th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  No more sanitary requirements to enter Paraguay

  

  The government of Paraguay has lifted all sanitary requirements to enter the country, effective Monday, Oct. 24, it was announced.

• Monday, October 17th 2022 - 19:04 UTC

  Argentine doctors highlight steep drop in COVID-19 vaccination

  

  Argentine physicians have voiced their concern after detecting a low number of children vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide at a time when the pandemic is not over, it was reported.

• Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Biden administration extends COVID-19 emergency

  

  President Joseph Biden's administration Thursday announced an extension for 90 more days of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency declaration. The measure has been in practice since January 2020.

• Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:22 UTC

  Brazilian gov't releases pediatric COVID-19 vax

  

  Brazilian health authorities have released Pfizer's pediatric Covid-19 vaccine to be applied to children aged 6 months or older who have comorbidities, it was announced Thursday.

• Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 08:49 UTC

  PAHO sends help to Venezuelan town hit by mudslides

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday announced it was sending “medicines and medical supplies” to the Venezuelan town of Las Tejerías, in the State of Aragua state (central-north), where the number of fatalities has been updated to 43 following mudslides from heavy rains.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 20:35 UTC

  Uruguayan children going through more emotional problems than ever before

  

  An Uruguayan School of Medicine professor said local children were going through additional mental health issues since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 00:01 UTC

  Other brands of Covid-19 vax just as good for breastfeeding immunization, Argentine study finds

  

  Argentine researchers have conducted studies that would prove that women vaccinated with Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, and Sputnik V would pass on immunity against COVID-19 to their children through breast milk.