Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  UK's dining program “Eat out to Help Out” proves to be a great success

  

  British finance minister Rishi Sunak urged diners on Monday to keep going out to eat as a popular government scheme offering half-price food in restaurants this month drew to a close.

• Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Anti Covid-19 restrictions protestors tried to storm the Reichstag in Berlin

  

  The German government on Sunday slammed the “unacceptable” behaviour of protesters during a mass rally against coronavirus restrictions in which hundreds were arrested and an attempt was made to storm the Reichstag parliament building.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro governor removed from office for alleged corruption

  

  Brazil's High Court of Justice removed Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel from office on Friday, as police raided his official residence in a probe into accusations he stole emergency funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Desperate Peru will begin Covid-19 vaccine testing with volunteers next month

  

  Peru will start testing coronavirus vaccines from China's Sinopharm and US drug maker Johnson & Johnson in September, researchers said, which should help the country gain faster access to inoculations once the vaccines are approved.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  UK government message, “back to work” to help the economy recover

  

  Britain's government is urging people to return to their offices and workplaces to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Friday.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  J&J added Chile, Argentina and Peru volunteers to conduct trials for its vaccine against Covid-19

  

  United States pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has added Chile, Argentina, and Peru to the Latin nations where it plans to conduct Phase III trials for its vaccine against COVID-19, the company confirmed on Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina posted record daily rise of 10,550 confirmed Covid-19 contagion cases

  

  Argentina posted a record daily rise of 10,550 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the health ministry said, taking the total caseload to 370,188 as the country struggles to rein in the spread of infections while trying to ease open its crisis-hit economy.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Argentina's shale deposits will take 12/18 months to recover pre Covid-19 activity

  

  Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale patch will take 12-18 months to resume pre-Covid-19 activity because of lagging demand, according to Alejandro Monteiro, energy minister of Neuquen province.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  City of Berlin bans demonstrations this weekend to oppose pandemic measures

  

  The city of Berlin has banned demonstrations planned for this weekend to oppose measures imposed to stem the coronavirus pandemic after organizers of a rally earlier this month failed to ensure marchers wore masks and kept their distance.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  UK government U-turn, face masks mandatory at secondary schools

  

  It will be mandatory for pupils to wear face masks in communal areas of secondary schools in England in places with local lockdowns, Britain's education minister Gavin Williamson said on Wednesday after a government U-turn on enforcing their use.