Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Islands Games in Guernsey postponed because of coronavirus

  

  Next year's Island Games in Guernsey have been postponed because of coronavirus, the International Island Games Association has confirmed. The event, which was due to be held between 3-9 July 2021, has not been canceled altogether but a decision is yet to be made on when it will now take place.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  US Federal Maritime Commissioner report on the staggering losses of the cruise industry and Florida

  

  A report issued by United States Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis E. Sola says there is an urgent need for the cruise industry to resume sailing from Florida's cruise ports, citing staggering losses to revenue, local employment, and the contributions cruise passengers make to other tourism sectors such as the airline and hospitality industries.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  British government pledges stockpiles of protective items for health workers

  

  The British government said it would have large stockpiles in place to provide a continuous flow of protective items, such as masks, to health workers tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, after criticism earlier in the year that supplies were too low.

• Sunday, September 27th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Major challenge for Uruguay's pandemic contention: 2,3 million electors will be voting for local authorities

  

  Uruguayans love to vote and trust the certainty and guarantees of their electoral system. It's part of the Uruguayan ingrained political culture and helps explain the stability of the South American country. This Sunday Uruguayans are again going to the polls to elect the mayors of the 19 counties which make up the political division of the country plus the spokespersons at municipal level of several small towns.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Uruguay is winning against Covid-19: This is how

  

  by Luke Taylor, The British Medical Journal – Latin America continues to suffer some of the worst tolls of Covid-19, with over seven million recorded infections accounting for nearly half of all daily deaths. But in the region's Southern Cone there is a clear outlier wedged between Brazil to the east, with over 3.5 million confirmed cases, and Argentina to the west, with half a million.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Latin American leaders call for free access to future Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Latin American leaders have appealed at the United Nations for free access to a future Covid-19 vaccine, urging major powers to share their know-how for the sake of global well-being.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Falklands announce COVID-19 relief donation for Uruguayan charity

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that, as part of its efforts to contribute to the worldwide Coronavirus relief response, it has made a donation of £5,000 to Centro de Promoción por la Dignidad Humana (CEPRODIH), based in Uruguay.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Pope wants Covid-19 vaccine preferential treatment for the poor and weakest

  

  The poor and weakest members of society should get preferential treatment when a vaccine for the coronavirus is ready, Pope Francis told the United Nations on Friday. Speaking from the Vatican in a video address to the UN General Assembly, Francis said the worldwide pandemic had highlighted the urgent need to promote public health and ensure access to vaccines.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Majority of Britons not adhering to coronavirus sanitary protocols, King's College research

  

  More than 80% of people in Britain are not adhering to self-isolation guidelines when they have COVID-19 symptoms or had contact with someone who has tested positive, a study has found. A majority were also unable to identify the symptoms of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  If Covid-19 is addressed with the same disunity and disarray as climate change, “I fear the worst”, warns UN head

  

  The United States, China and Russia fought on Thursday during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the coronavirus pandemic after UN chief Antonio Guterres had warned the body that if the climate crisis was approached with the “same disunity and disarray” of COVID-19, then: “I fear the worst.”