Tag: COVID-19

Friday, June 19th 2020 - 11:45 UTC
Falklands after UK quarantine waiver because there are no Covid-19 cases in the Islands

The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that it has asked UK authorities to waive quarantine requirements for Falkland Islands residents travelling to UK. The move comes as surveillance swabbing continues to return negative results. To date, 413 PCR tests have been carried out in the Falklands, all resulting in negative results.
Friday, June 19th 2020 - 11:17 UTC
China besides blaming seafood at markets of Covid-19 resurgence, now targets foreign beef and mutton

China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing’s wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the area’s low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors, officials said on Thursday.
Friday, June 19th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Bank of England: It's not that bad so the bond-buying program will be scaled down

The Bank of England slowed the pace of its huge bond-buying program on Thursday as it saw some signs that the British economy was recovering from the unprecedented slump caused by the coronavirus lockdown.
Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 23:00 UTC
LATAM Argentina announces options for purchased ticket holders

LATAM Airlines Group informs that LATAM Airlines Argentina announced on Wednesday that it will cease passenger and cargo operations for an indefinite period. The announcement is a result of current market conditions, exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty of building structural agreements with local industry actors, which has made it impossible to foresee a viable and sustainable long-term project.
Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 22:09 UTC
UK claims China, Russia and Iran are looking to exploit weaknesses caused by the pandemic

The United Kingdom said on Thursday that China, Russia and Iran were looking to exploit weaknesses shown by the coronavirus outbreak, amid suggestions Beijing had used the crisis to push through new security legislation for Hong Kong.
Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 21:35 UTC
New Zealand confidence undermined by third virus case in the “Covid 19-free country”

New Zealand recorded on Thursday its third new case of COVID-19 this week as quarantine breaches and other failures undermined public confidence days after it declared itself among the first countries in the world to be free of the virus.
Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 12:32 UTC
Brazil slashes benchmark interest rate 75 basis points to a record low of 2,25%

Brazil’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to a record low of 2.25% on Wednesday, as expected, and said there was some room left for further monetary stimulus to support an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 12:29 UTC
Brazil's service sector slumped 11,7% in April on a year on year basis

Services activity in Brazil slumped 11.7% in April, figures showed on Wednesday, the biggest fall since comparable record-keeping began nearly a decade ago as social isolation measures to combat the COVID-19 outbreak slammed the economy into reverse.
Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 12:18 UTC
Peru with more virus contagion cases than hard hit Italy

Peru topped 240,000 total cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing hard-hit Italy, government data showed, even as the pace of infections has begun to moderate in the Andean nation.
Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 19:02 UTC
Norwegian salmon not the source of novel coronavirus in Beijing

Chinese and Norwegian authorities have concluded that Norwegian salmon was likely not the source of the novel coronavirus that was found at cutting boards in a Beijing food market, the Norwegian fisheries and seafood minister said on Wednesday.