Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazil reopens international air travel to foreign tourists

  

  Brazil has reopened international air travel to foreign tourists, which had been banned since March, even as its coronavirus outbreak ranks as the world's second-worst.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:35 UTC

  Brazilian First Lady tests positive for Covid-19

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's wife and one of his ministers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to an official statement on Thursday, as the spread of the novel coronavirus showed no signs of slowing in the country with the world's second-worst outbreak after the United States.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:32 UTC

  WHO calls on countries to lift international travel measures

  

  Countries should gradually lift international travel measures based on a thorough risk assessment and must prioritize essential travel for emergencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:30 UTC

  Falklands 2,9% deflation in the second quarter, as a result of Covid-19 measures

  

  The Falkland Islands Retail Price Index, RPI, dropped by 2,9% in the second quarter of 2020, as a result of Covid-19 support measures, Standing Financial Committee members were informed this week.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:30 UTC

  Latin America should focus on digital technologies, recommends IADB

  

  Latin American should turn its infrastructure investment focus toward digital technologies and away from physical infrastructure to stimulate its economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) said on Thursday.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:29 UTC

  Falklands donations to Uruguayan and Chilean Covid-19 charitable organizations

  

  The Falkland Islands government had made donations to Uruguayan and Chilean Covid-19 charitable organizations that support Covid victims in the two countries. The decision was agreed this week by the Standing Financial Committee and involved 5,000 pounds to each of the organizations in the two South American neighbors.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Kiwi fishermen back from Falklands, must complete 28 days quarantine before landing

  

  The mission to retrieve 15 Kiwi fishermen from the South Atlantic Ocean is almost at an end, with the San Aotea II anchoring off the coast of Timaru, in New Zealand's southern island, a day ahead of schedule.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  US economy suffers it biggest blow since the Depression in the second quarter

  

  The U.S. economy suffered its biggest blow since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer and business spending, and a nascent recovery is under threat from a resurgence in new cases of coronavirus.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil coronavirus outbreak about to reach the milestone 100,000 death toll

  

  Brazil's coronavirus outbreak set daily records on Wednesday with both 69,074 new confirmed cases and 1,595 related deaths, as the world's second-worst outbreak accelerates toward the milestone of 100,000 lives cut short.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:39 UTC

  Argentina begins clinical trials on Covid-19 patients with antibodies from horses

  

  Argentina has started clinical trials on treating COVID-19 using hyperimmune serum developed with antibodies from horses, authorities from the laboratory involved said on Wednesday.