Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, August 24th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  UK chief medical officers: “Children should return to school, missing is a bigger risk”

  

  The chief medical officers of the United Kingdom have said children should return to school after the summer holidays, warning that missing out on their education posed much bigger risks to them than catching COVID-19.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia among the highest rates in Bloomberg's Misery Index

  

  Bloomberg’s Misery Index, which tallies inflation and unemployment outlooks for 60 economies shows that almost all of the economies surveyed are projected to be more miserable this year amid Covid-19, with analysts expecting increased joblessness and tepid growth.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  Argentina freezes TV, Internet and mobile service until 2021

  

  Argentina is extending a price freeze for TV, Internet, and mobile service until the end of the year, deeming them “essential public services.”

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Can the cruise industry really recover from coronavirus?

  

  By Liz Sharples and Kokho Jason Sit (*) – On Sunday the first major cruise ship to take to the Mediterranean in almost five months sailed out of the Italian city of Genoa. Passengers on the MSC Grandiosa were tested for coronavirus before stepping on board. The ship – which has brought in an array of strict measures to limit the spread of the virus – will stop at three Italian ports and the Maltese capital Valletta in a seven-day voyage. But will these measures be enough to help the sector survive the pandemic? A lot is riding on the success of this Italian cruise.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Pandemic appears to be leveling off in Brazil, according to WHO

  

  The coronavirus crisis in Brazil appears to be leveling off, if not easing, the World Health Organization said on Friday, offering a glimpse of light for the world's second-biggest COVID-19 hot spot.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  Chile preparing protocols to regulate the October plebiscite voting

  

  The Chilean congress passed a measure to ensure that safety protocols will be regulated at voting booths during the plebiscite this October. The measure states that the Electoral Service will dictate safety rules regarding social distancing for voting throughout the country.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro makes the academic more attendance flexible

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro enacted a law to exempt schools from having to meet a minimum number of school days amid the Covid-19 pandemic, making this academic year more flexible.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro iconic Copacabana Palace reopens after the pandemic lockdown

  

  The Copacabana Palace, an iconic luxury hotel on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront, reopened on Thursday after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close for the first time in its 97-year history.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Tourists kicked off Mediterranean cruise for not abiding the vessel's protocols

  

  A family of tourists was kicked off a Mediterranean cruise after leaving their organized excursion to see the sights on their own, violating the ship's new COVID-19 regulations, the company said on Thursday.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:47 UTC

  Colombia surpasses half a million Covid-19 cases and 16,000 deaths

  

  Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpassed 500,000 on Wednesday as deaths from the virus approach 16,000 and the country nears the end of five months of lockdown.