Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Macron tests positive for Covid-19; track-and-trace among EU leaders

  

  President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, prompting a track-and-trace effort across Europe following numerous meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days. Macron, 42, was running France remotely after going into quarantine in the Elysee Palace, the presidency said.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  US experts recommend emergency approval of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine

  

  US panel of experts on Thursday voted to recommend emergency approval of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for six million doses to start shipping as soon as this weekend.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Cemetery in Germany temporarily stores the bodies of Covid-19 victims in metal containers

  

  A cemetery in the German city of Hanau has started to temporarily store the bodies of people who have died from COVID-19 in a metal shipping container because hospital mortuaries are already full.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Ireland expects a “serious increase” in Covid-19 cases following relaxation of restrictions

  

  Ireland, which has the second-lowest COVID-19 infection rate in Western Europe, is set for a “serious increase” in cases following the relaxation of restrictions, its health minister said on Thursday, as officials called for new curbs.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 06:33 UTC

  UNICEF support to feed UK children, first time since end of WW2

  

  UNICEF has launched a domestic emergency response in the UK for the first time in its more than 70-year history to help feed children amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 23:26 UTC

  UK government coordinating plans to deploy Covid-19 vaccines to Overseas Territories

  

  The UK Government will supply the Overseas Territories with a proportionate share of the vaccines that the UK procures, and together with the UK Vaccine Taskforce are coordinating plans to deploy vaccines to the BOTs.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:55 UTC

  Uruguay closes borders from 21 December to 10 January to help contain its Covid-19 first wave

  

  Uruguay announced it will regulate the constitutional right to assembly when a sanitary emergency, lockdown access to the country from 21 December to 10 January, limit the number of passengers in long range transport, and have government staff take their annual vacation and those remaining, unless essential personnel, will work from their homes.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:32 UTC

  Chile approved the use of Pfizer vaccines; first batch expected this month

  

  The Chilean health regulator has approved for emergency use the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, paving the way for the first doses to be administered as early as Christmas to citizens over the age of 16.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentina and UK hosted seminar on access to Covid-19 vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  Argentina and the UK hosted a virtual seminar on access to vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean addressing the portfolio of emerging vaccines against COVID-19, the challenge of equitable distribution and how best to tackle vaccine disinformation.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:16 UTC

  Fed urges more fiscal stimulus and confirmed monthly purchase of US$ 120 billion in bonds

  

  The Federal Reserve concluded its final meeting of a tumultuous year on Wednesday, as policymakers weigh a mixed bag of economic signals in setting the central bank’s course for the new year and beyond.