Tag: COVID-19

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolsonaro more popular than ever despite Brazil's questionable Covid-19 record

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro has never been more popular in Brazil, despite his country's woeful handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bolsonaro, who tested positive for the virus on July 7, has dismissed it as a “little flu”. Brazil passed five million Covid-19 cases on Tuesday and recorded its 150.000th death on Saturday.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Oxfam claims IMF's loans during the pandemic have worsen poverty and inequality

  

  The vast majority of International Monetary Fund loans extended during the Covid-19 pandemic have suggested or demanded spending cuts that would worsen poverty and inequality, charity group Oxfam says.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Coronavirus cases and deaths keep growing despite some 200 days of quarantine in Argentina

  

  Argentina surpassed 900,000 cases of coronavirus on Monday, with strong growth of infections in large populated centers in the interior of the country after months of the virus' being concentrated in Buenos Aires City and its suburbs in the neighboring province of Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Obstinate Japanese finally visits Machu Picchu after waiting for seven months

  

  Peru opened the ruins of Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after he waited almost seven months to enter the Inca citadel, while trapped in the Andean country during the coronavirus outbreak.

• Monday, October 12th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Boris Johnson to announce more restrictions Monday as the virus surges

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce new measures to tackle a growing coronavirus crisis on Monday, moving to work more closely with local leaders from England's worst affected areas.

• Monday, October 12th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Trump declares himself immune, which means “having really a protective glow”

  

  President Donald Trump on Sunday declared himself immune to COVID-19 and ready for a fight as his White House race against surging rival Joe Biden enters its critical final weeks.

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Spanish government ignores Madrid authorities and declares a lockdown on the 3,8 million people city

  

  Spain's government invoked a state of emergency on Friday to reimpose a partial lockdown for several million people in and around Madrid, one of Europe's worst COVID-19 hotspots after a court had struck down the measures.

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  Covid-19 disrupting mental health services in most countries, WHO survey finds

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to a new WHO survey. The survey of 130 countries provides the first global data showing the devastating impact of COVID-19 on access to mental health services and underscores the urgent need for increased funding.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Chilean scientists research possible mutation of coronavirus in Magallanes, a region closely linked to the Falklands

  

  Scientists in Chile are investigating a possible mutation of the novel coronavirus in southern Patagonia, a far-flung region near the tip of the South American continent that has seen an unusually contagious second wave of infections in recent weeks.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  EU seals Covid-19 vaccine deal with Johnson & Johnson, securing 1,1 billion doses for its 450 million population

  

  The European Union has sealed a deal with Johnson & Johnson to supply up to 400 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, as the bloc builds up stocks amid a global scramble to secure shots.