Tag: COVID-19

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:05 UTC

  Angela Merkel wears a face mask in the Bundesrat

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first public appearance wearing a mask on Friday after dismissing accusations of hypocrisy earlier this week for not wearing one.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:02 UTC

  England's travel corridors: countries and territories exemption list

  

  From 10 July 2020, unless they have visited or stopped in any other country or territory in the preceding 14 days, passengers arriving from the following countries and territories will not be required to self-isolate on arrival into England.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Falkland Islands: one positive antibody test in March, but no coronavirus results for over sixty days

  

  The Falkland Islands government has confirmed that one individual has tested positive for Coronavirus antibodies. Chief Medical Officer, Dr Rebecca Edwards, said that it is likely that the individual was exposed in late February or early March, and exposure is thought to have taken place on a fishing vessel.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazil admits a budget deficit of 11,5% of GDP; ten years before public debt falls to 2019 level

  

  Brazil’s government on Thursday revised its 2020 fiscal outlook, forecasting significantly higher debt and wider deficits due to the COVID-19 crisis, and said it will be over a decade before public debt falls back to last year’s level.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Falklands: two-week quarantine period is legal requirement for anybody arriving in the Islands

  

  A two-week quarantine period for anyone arriving in the Falklands has become a legal requirement, following on the introduction of regulations on the issue, this week by the Islands' Executive Council.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  Encouraging industrial production pick up in Brazil during May

  

  Industrial production in Brazil rose 7% in May, official figures showed on Thursday, the second-biggest monthly increase ever as activity started to pick up following two months of stricter lockdowns to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:50 UTC

  Inequality and coronavirus pushing much of Chile's middle class back to poverty

  

  Middle classes in Chile are going through a complicated moment, with many slipping into poverty as long-established inequality was increased by the coronavirus pandemic and overall slowdown of the economy.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:26 UTC

  Mexico overtakes Spain and now has the world's sixth deadliest Covid-19 outbreak

  

  Mexico's Covid-19 deaths rose by 741 to reach 28,510, leading the country to overtake Spain and have the world's sixth deadliest outbreak, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday night.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:19 UTC

  Brazil coronavirus death toll climbs to over 60,000: southern states with the worse record

  

  Brazil surpassed 60,000 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported, citing a recent wave of contamination in southern and mid-western areas of the country.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  New Zealand health minister loses his job given “unhelpful distractions”

  

  New Zealand's health minister, David Clark, resigned on Thursday following recent slip-ups in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and personal mistakes.