Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine health authorities devise strategies against monkeypox

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti convened a meeting with “experts” to generate “strategies to strengthen epidemiological surveillance, work together with the jurisdictions to decentralize diagnosis, train health teams and generate information actions for society.”

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 22:00 UTC

  China: Full lockdown reinstated in Wuhan area due to COVID-19

  

  In line with their Zero-COVID policy, Chinese authorities have placed an entire district on the outskirts of Wuhan under strict lockdown for the first time since 2020, it was reported.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  Uruguay back to vaccinating children against COVID-19

  

  Uruguay Thursday resumed vaccinating children aged 5 to 13 against COVID-19 after an Appellate Court reversed earlier this week Judge Alejandro Recarey's ruling halting the therapeutic procedure.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:27 UTC

  Biden back to work after testing negative for COVID-19

  

  US President Joseph Biden has tested negative twice for COVID-19 and was therefore spared from further isolation, White House sources announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Court rules Uruguay may resume vaccination of children against COVID-19

  

  A Montevideo Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed a previous decision by a lower court halting vaccination of children aged between 5 and 13 years against COVID-19, Health Minister Daniel Salinas announced. The administration of these drugs will be resumed Thursday without prior appointments needed.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Argentine gov't open to compensating those damaged by COVID-19 vaccines

  

  People who have suffered an “adverse event” from COVID-19 vaccines may seek compensation from the Argentine Government as per the “Covid-19 Reparation Fund,” according to Health Ministry Resolution 7/2022 published Monday in the Official Gazette.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:24 UTC

  US, UK repeal tariffs on Brazilian steel products

  

  Brazil's Economy Ministry Monday confirmed that the United Kingdom had decided to no longer apply protective tax measures on the import of steel plates and cold-rolled steel products.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:49 UTC

  Biden-Fernández meeting put off due to US President's COVID-19

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández was told to wait for his one-on-one meeting with his US colleague Joseph Biden, who, despite announcements from the White House that he was doing well after testing positive for COVID-19, has been forced to rearrange his engagements involving personal appearances.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  Anvisa still waiting for Pfizer's reply regarding their covid-19 vaccine

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has requested some additional information from Wyeth/Pfizer regarding booster doses of their COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents and is still waiting for a reply, Agencia Brasil reported Friday.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  “Half” of Venezuela's cabinet down with COVID-19

  

  Half of Venezuela's members of the ministerial cabinet are down with COVID-19, President Nicolás Maduro announced.