Tag: COVID-19

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:33 UTC

  Falklands vaccination program will receive support from the UK government

  

  The UK Government has written to the Falkland Islands Government to confirm that it has secured an agreement with the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce to supply British Overseas Territories with Covid-19 vaccines when it is able to procure these.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Denmark will cull 15 million mink following detection of a mutated coronavirus

  

  Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  UK travel ban, “a nightmare before Christmas”

  

  Britain has introduced a travel ban as part of a four-week lockdown prompted by an alarming jump in the COVID-19 infection rate to one in 100 people. In what has been described as a “Nightmare before Christmas,” UK residents will need to stay at home from November 5 and avoid “all non-essential travel by private and public transport.”

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Brazilian manufacturing expands at a record pace in October

  

  Brazilian manufacturing expanded at a record pace in October, a survey of purchasing managers' activity showed on Tuesday, as a rise in employment and export orders to new highs helped extend the sector's strong post-coronavirus recovery.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru with Canadian funds joins the South American lithium rush

  

  Canada’s Plateau Energy Metals has raised nearly US$ 600 million to develop Peru’s sole lithium project and expects to start mining in 2023, a year later than planned, as the country lags its neighbors in developing the battery mineral, a company official said.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Johnson & Johnson resumes clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health regulator Anvisa has authorized the resumption of a clinical trial of Johnson & Johnson's experimental COVID-19 vaccine, according to a statement from the government agency on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Trump and Biden with their legal teams ready for post-election disputes

  

  The US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have made a last-ditch push for votes in battleground a state on the last day of campaigning, as each party prepares for post-election disputes that could prolong a divisive presidential election.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Chile's economy activity drops 5,3% in September year on year, but grows 5,1% from August

  

  Chile’s economic activity sank 5.3% in September year-on-year but grew 5.1% from the previous month, the central bank said on Monday, as the world’s no. 1 copper producer emerged from the worst period of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazilians march in Sao Paulo against the Chinese vaccine and mandatory immunization

  

  More than 300 Brazilians gathered on São Paulo's main commercial thoroughfare on Sunday to protest state Governor João Doria's support for mandatory COVID-19 immunization and testing the potential vaccine developed by China's Sinovac.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Johnson announces lockdown as of Thursday, coordinated with France, Germany and Belgium

  

  Britain on Sunday became the ninth country with more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases. According to data compiled by the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, as of early Sunday, Britain had 1,014,794 infections and 46,645 deaths.