Tag: COVID-19

Wednesday, September 2nd 2020 - 09:45 UTC
Brazilian economy is back to 2009 size, following a 11,4% contraction in the second quarter

Brazil’s economy shrank in the second quarter by the most on record as anti-coronavirus lockdown measures slammed activity in almost every sector, dragging Latin America’s largest economy back to the size it was in 2009.
Wednesday, September 2nd 2020 - 09:44 UTC
Colombia reopens and tries to reignite the economy after months of restrictions

Airports, bus terminals, restaurants, and gyms reopened in most of Colombia on Tuesday as the nation attempts to reignite its economy following months of restrictions for the coronavirus pandemic. The step expanded previous moves that allowed shops, construction sites, shopping malls, and factories to resume operations in June in most of the country's cities.
Tuesday, September 1st 2020 - 08:56 UTC
Brazilian finances deteriorating: seven months primary deficit 11,9% of GDP

Brazil's finances continued to deteriorate in July as the COVID-19 crisis pushed the public sector debt and deficit as a share of the economy to new records, official figures showed on Monday, although not as bad as economists had feared.
Tuesday, September 1st 2020 - 08:45 UTC
Bolsonaro back to surgery: this time to remove a kidney stone

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he had been diagnosed with a kidney stone and would undergo surgery in September to remove it. The far-right leader, 65, has had a series of health issues, including four surgeries stemming from an attack in which he was stabbed in the abdomen during his 2018 presidential campaign.
Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:45 UTC
In just six months Brazil's Covid-19 death toll has overtaken 120.000

Just over six months after registering its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil crossed the grim threshold of 120,000 people killed by Covid-19 on Saturday, with no end in sight to the crisis.
Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:44 UTC
Mexico presses ahead with a wide ideological spectrum of Covid-19 virus vaccines

Mexico is pressing ahead with an effort to forge COVID-19 vaccine alliances across a wide ideological spectrum of countries from France to Cuba, as a World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine initiative will fall short of its needs.
Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:43 UTC
Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpass 600.000 on Sunday

Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpassed 600,000 on Sunday as deaths from the virus approach 19,400, ahead of the end to more than five months of lockdown.
Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:37 UTC
Popular Brazilian island establishes strict protocol for tourists

Ferrnando de Noronha, an archipelago 354km off Brazil's northeastern coast famous for abundant sea life, pristine beaches and dramatic mountainsides rising above the coast, is trying a novel method for fighting the coronavirus.
Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:34 UTC
World Trade Organization in disarray and leaderless, as Azevedo steps down

As Roberto Azevedo leaves the World Trade Organisation (WTO) this Monday, the institution faces multiple crises without a captain - a situation experts warn could drag on for months.
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.