Tag: COVID-19

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Fears a fifth of world's population may not have access to Covid 19 vaccine until 2022, John Hopkins University

  

  At least a fifth of the world's population may not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until 2022, according to a study published on Wednesday, with wealthier nations reserving more than half of 2021's potential doses.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  A quarter of Mexicans, 31 million, have been exposed to Covid-19

  

  A quarter of Mexico's population, or 31 million people, has been exposed to COVID-19, according to preliminary results of an official survey, with 70% never showing symptoms.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:03 UTC

  Merkel implores Germans to reduce social contacts during Xmas; lockdown until January 10

  

  Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID-19. At one point in her unusually passionate address to parliament, during which she was heckled, she brought her hands together as if in prayer. At others, she shook her fist.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina has 1,510,203 Covid-19 positive cases and a death toll of 41,204

  

  Argentina on Tuesday reported 6,981 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its national tally to 1,510,203, said the Ministry of Health. The ministry also said that 165 more patients died of the disease, raising the nationwide death toll to 41,204.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Moderna vaccine is safe and effective for preventing Covid-19, US regulators

  

  Moderna's vaccine is safe and effective for preventing Covid-19, US regulators said, clearing the way for a second shot to quickly gain emergency authorization and add to the country's sprawling immunization effort.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro administration says Brazil has guaranteed access to 300 million Covid-19 vaccines

  

  The government of President Jair Bolsonaro said that Brazil has guaranteed access to 300 million vaccines, mainly those developed by Oxford University along with AstraZeneca pharmaceutical and Brazil's Fiocruz foundation, as well as vaccines from the Covax Facility international initiative.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Brazil's health regulator ANVISA considers Chinese Covid-19 vaccine process non transparent

  

  Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said China’s health authorities are not transparent in their authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use, a statement that may further inflame political tension in the country.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  British scientists trying to determine if Covid-19 mutation is linked to other strains

  

  British scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is linked to key mutations they have detected in the strain, they said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro cancels its annual New Year's Eve beach bash

  

  Rio de Janeiro's annual New Year's Eve beach bash, already reduced in scope and format, has been canceled due to the raging coronavirus pandemic, the mayor's office said Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 18:10 UTC

  Mass inoculation against Covid-19 in Brazil “only possible” in March with the AstraZenca vaccine

  

  In Brazil, a mass inoculation campaign against Covid 19 will only be possible from March and will rely on the Astra Zeneca vaccine, a senior health official at the country’s leading public biomedical institute told Reuters.