Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, October 5th 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Trump drives past supporters outside the hospital; US president could return to the White House on Monday

  

  United States President Donald Trump drove past supporters on Sunday outside the hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19, after announcing on Twitter a “surprise visit” to his backers.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Concern in the White House about the presidential election; Trump in quarantine at Army hospital

  

  White House officials sought to project an air of business as usual on Friday despite President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, but aides privately expressed concern about the presidential election and showed signs of rising worry about the coronavirus.

• Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Trump and Melania on quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19 after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for the coronavirus.

• Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Chile in one year has lost 1,8 million jobs, and unemployment reached 12%

  

  The Chilean government has begun to gradually lift restrictions in the country in an attempt to reactivate the economy, given a drop in new cases with 1,556 (the lowest rate in three months), though areas with a high level of new cases remain under quarantine.

• Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  China suspends beef imports from a Brazilian meatpacker Minerva plant

  

  China said it would temporarily suspend imports from a beef plant owned by Brazilian meatpacker Minerva SA for a week, in the latest suspension amid concerns over coronavirus contamination in Brazilian meat plants.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Some 18 million Argentines, 40,9% of the population live in poverty, with prospects of worse times ahead

  

  Nearly half of Argentina’s population was living in poverty in the second quarter, a sharp increase from last year, as the country’s longstanding economic crisis deepened due to the coronavirus pandemic, researchers estimated on Wednesday.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands mini budget less likely, despite a “slight deficit” instead of a planned surplus

  

  A Falkland Islands mini budget looks much less likely now, based on what Financial Secretary Tim Waggott told MLAs (lawmakers) at a meeting of the Standing Finance Committee.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Privatization policy in Bolivia divides the cabinet and triggers several ministerial resignations

  

  Internal splits in Bolivia’s interim government led to the departure of the country’s economy minister and two other cabinet ministers Monday, stoking uncertainty about the Andean country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil's IPOs on the rocks: concern with fiscal discipline, US election and second Covid-19 wave

  

  What was shaping up as Brazil’s best year for initial public offerings in more than a decade is now on the rocks, as many companies shelve their plans amid concerns on the country’s fiscal discipline and a surfeit of new equity supply.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  US cruise industry anticipates a month extension of the “No Sail Order”

  

  The No Sail Order issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to expire on September 30, and as of now, no further updates have come from the organization.