Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  A fifth of US labor force received unemployment checks in the first week of June

  

  The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits fell moderately last week as the second wave of layoffs partially offset hiring by businesses reopening, suggesting the labor market could take years to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Chile suspends copper refinery and foundry at giant mine following Covid-19 19 deaths

  

  Chilean copper miner Codelco said on Thursday it was suspending refinery and foundry operations at its sprawling Chuquicamata division to prevent further spread of the new coronavirus.

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  Sao Paulo University to test a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Italian lab

  

  The Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) is in talks to test a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Italian researchers, the dean of the Brazilian university revealed.

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Pandemic has yet to peak in the Americas, warns WHO; ten million infections by next week

  

  The coronavirus pandemic has yet to peak in the Americas, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday, as it said global infections were likely to hit 10 million within a week.

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Falklands' Covid-19 battle: 50 days with no cases and 1,027 swab tests, most of them processed in the Islands

  

  More than a thousand swabs have now been taken in the Falkland Islands for COVID-19. To date, 1027 tests have been processed, of which 600 have been carried out in the Islands using Stanley's hospital, KEMH, and its new PCR analyser. It has been more than 50 days since the last positive test for COVID-19 in the Falklands.

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 06:51 UTC

  Oxford University coronavirus vaccine tested among 2,000 Brazilian volunteers

  

  Researchers in Brazil began administering an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University to volunteers, the Federal University of Sao Paulo said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 06:39 UTC

  Falklands eases restrictions around funeral arrangements

  

  The Falkland Islands Government, FIG, has updated its advice and guidance around funeral arrangements in light of the recent easing of restrictions.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 10:52 UTC

  Argentina's economy contracted 5,4% and unemployment reaches 10,4% in first quarter

  

  Argentina's economy contracted 5.4% in the first three months of 2020, the government statistics agency said on Tuesday, the worst quarter in a year as the major grains and oilseeds producer was sideswiped by the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Federal Judge orders Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public

  

  A federal judge in Brazil ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public after the far-right leader repeatedly flouted the coronavirus containment measures in place in Brasilia.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:04 UTC

  Venezuelan hospitals poorly supplied to combat the pandemic and with chronic shortages of water and power

  

  Venezuela's western Zulia state has emerged as a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic as poorly supplied hospitals and chronic shortages of water and power make it difficult to prevent the disease from spreading.