Tag: COVID-19

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  AstraZeneca Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine trials resume in Brazil

  

  Clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University resumed in Brazil on Monday after the country’s health regulator got confirmation over the weekend that its British equivalent MHRA had approved the restart, a company representative said.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  WHO emphasizes the care of the elderly as a “rights issue”

  

  The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said on Monday that we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with the elderly after huge losses to COVID-19 in nursing homes across the world “robbed us of a generation of wisdom.”

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:18 UTC

  Japan, China, South Korea ban pork imports from Germany; Spain, US and Brazil expected to benefit

  

  Japan suspended imports of pork and live pigs from Germany after a case of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany, the agriculture ministry said.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  New Zealand to lift virus restrictions, except Auckland; rallies demanded a “return” of rights

  

  New Zealand will lift coronavirus restrictions across the country on Sep 21, except in its biggest city Auckland which is the epicenter of the second wave of infections, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:29 UTC

  Brazil's services activity in July rises but still 11,9% down from a year ago

  

  Services activity in Brazil rose in July for a second straight month, figures showed on Friday, but the pace of growth was slower than forecast, suggesting the economy's rebound from the worst of the COVID-19 may not be quite so entrenched.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:24 UTC

  The Brazilian state of Bahia signs deal for Russia's vaccine against Covid-19

  

  The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil, officials have said.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  US Cruise line CEOs meet in Miami to demand an immediate return to service

  

  United States Cruise line CEOs aggressively called for a smart return to service during a meeting of the Miami-Dade County Tourism and the Ports Committee on Thursday morning.

• Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  Falklands 14-day quarantine will remain confirms Chief Medical Officer

  

  The Falkland Islands Chief Medical Officer Beccy Edwards said this week that “we are still in the foothills of the global curve” of Covid-19, as Falkland Islands Government, FIG, confirmed that they will not yet be reducing the 14-day quarantine requirements.

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Latin America passed 300,000 confirmed deaths of coronavirus and 8 million contagion cases

  

  The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in Latin America passed 300,000 on Wednesday, according to several independent tallies, with the virus showing no signs of abating in the world's worst-hit region.

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Head of Brazilian Army intelligence apparently dies of coronavirus

  

  The head of Brazil's Army Intelligence Center (CIE), Gen. Carlos Sydriao, has apparently died from the coronavirus after 10 days of hospitalization.