Tag: COVID-19

Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:13 UTC
Flash flood of shoppers in Sao Paulo despite record number of Covid 19 deaths

Brazil's most populous state Sao Paulo reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths for the second day running on Wednesday even as its metropolis allowed shops to resume business and prepared to reopen its malls.
Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 22:10 UTC
Falklands 2020/21 budget reflects stability and continuity: no rises in fees or charges

Stability and continuity are at the heart of the Falkland Islands Government Budget for 2020/21. The Budget recognises these two themes are essential in the time of uncertainty stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 22:01 UTC
Airline industry losses forecasted to top US$84 billion in 2020, estimates IATA

Passenger revenues are expected to fall to US$241 billion (down from US$ 612 billion in 2019). This is greater than the fall in demand, reflecting an expected 18% fall in passenger yields as airlines try to encourage people to fly again through price stimulation. Load factors are expected to average 62.7% for 2020, some 20 percentage points below the record high of 82.5% achieved in 2019.
Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 14:00 UTC
Tourism can help to overcome the pandemic, UN chief

As UNWTO leads the restart of tourism, the Secretary-General of the United Nations has sent a landmark message to the world, highlighting the sector’s unique role in advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in protecting the most vulnerable members of our societies.
Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 13:54 UTC
Brazilian government banks suspended payment of states and municipalities debts

Brazilian development bank BNDES has suspended the payment of interest and principal on debt owed by municipalities and states through the end of the year, Chief Executive Gustavo Montezano said, citing the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:09 UTC
”On this World Oceans Day, we focus on Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean

The COVID-19 pandemic is a sharp reminder of how we are all intimately connected -- to each other and to nature. As we work to end the pandemic and build back better, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity – and responsibility -- to correct our relationship with the natural world, including the world’s seas and oceans.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 08:12 UTC
Jacinda declares NZ free of Covid 19 and lifts all social and economic restrictions

New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls after declaring on Monday it was free of the coronavirus, one of the first countries in the world to return to pre-pandemic normality.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 07:19 UTC
World Bank loans Mexico one billion dollars to cope with coronavirus effects

Mexico has taken out a one billion US dollars loan from the World Bank as the effects of the coronavirus begin to squeeze the economy, a business newspaper reported on Sunday.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 05:24 UTC
Maduro restricts the return of Venezuelan migrants and considers them a threat

The Nicolás Maduro regime blames Venezuelan migrants for the increase in the spread of the coronavirus in Venezuela while hundreds of these emigrants, pushed by their limited survival options, remain stranded in makeshift camps in different cities of Colombia waiting to be able to cross into their country.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 11:17 UTC
Chile reviews deaths' database, resulting in an increase in Covid 19 fatalities

Chile revised its death toll linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak sharply higher on Sunday, adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been included.