Tag: COVID-19

Tuesday, July 14th 2020 - 08:02 UTC
Incident with a US Senator caught in American Airlines flight without a mask

American Airlines said on Monday it had reached out to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz after a photo of the Texas Republican without a mask aboard an airplane was posted on a social media site.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Despite strict quarantine, Argentina exceeds 100,000 cases of Covid-19 infections

Argentina exceeded 100,000 cases of novel coronavirus infections on Sunday as it struggles to contain spiraling case rates despite an almost four-month strict quarantine imposed on the capital Buenos Aires and its surroundings. The health ministry said 2,657 new cases confirmed overnight took the total to 100,166.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:56 UTC
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is finally humbled by coronavirus

By Anthony Pereira (*) – The most surprising thing about Jair Bolsonaro’s positive test for coronavirus, announced on Jul 7, was how long it took to happen. The Brazilian president was first suspected of having the virus in March, when several members of his entourage came down with it after visiting US President Donald Trump in Florida.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Mexico overtakes Italy for the world's Covid-19 fourth highest death toll

Deaths in Mexico from the coronavirus pandemic have risen above 35,000, with the Latin American country overtaking Italy for the world's fourth-highest death total.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Galicia and Basques vote with face masks and hand sanitizers in regional elections

Voters in northern Spain wore face masks and used hand sanitizer gel before entering polling stations on Sunday as Galicia and the Basque Country held regional elections while fighting localized outbreaks of COVID-19.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Boris Johnson expected to announce staff should return to their working places

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell employers next week to start ordering staff back into their places of work, as long as it is safe to do so, in order to stem the coronavirus hit to the economy, the Daily Mail said.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:06 UTC
Bolsonaro's wife and two daughters test negative for the virus

Michelle Bolsonaro, the wife of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who is sick with the new coronavirus, said on Saturday that she and her two daughters had tested negative for the virus.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Bolivian president is “asymptomatic” after testing positive for Covid 19 on Thursday

Bolivia's interim leader Jeanine Anez is self-isolating but is “asymptomatic” after testing positive for the coronavirus, her personal doctor announced on Friday. The 53-year-old, a candidate the September 6 presidential elections, is isolating in the official residence in La Paz, Andrei Miranda told Bolivia's Cadena A television.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Medical experts disagree on air transmission of coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ theory. The Geneva-based World Health Organization acknowledged this week that the novel coronavirus can spread through tiny droplets floating in the air, a nod to more than 200 experts in aerosol science who publicly complained that the UN agency had failed to warn the public about this risk.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Venezuelan oil minister tests positive for Covid-19

Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami has tested positive for COVID-19, he said on Twitter on Friday, a day after the leader of the socialist party, Diosdado Cabello, tested positive for the virus as well.