Tag: COVID-19

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentina's society outraged as President “buys his way out of lockdown”

  

  Argentina's society was outraged Tuesday after it was announced that President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez were let off the hook for violating the lockdown he had himself decreed during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Vizzotti says Argentina entering fourth wave of COVID-19

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Monday confirmed the country was going through its fourth wave of COVID-19. The official also pointed out that “we are in a different situation” now.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentine Pope canonizes first Uruguayan Saint

  

  Pope Francis Sunday raised the first Uruguayan national to sainthood from St. Peter's Square when he canonized Mother Francisca Rubatto, an Italian-Uruguayan nun who lived between 1844 and 1904.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 19:51 UTC

  Uruguay to start 4th round of covid-19 vaccination next week

  

  Uruguay's Health Ministry (MSP) Friday announced the approval of a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine for all people between 18 and 49 years of age.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 19:50 UTC

  Paraguay braces for slight increase in coronavirus cases

  

  Paraguayan Health authorities Friday announced they were expecting a slight rebound in the number of COVID-19 cases, based on local data and on that from neighboring countries.

• Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Buenos Aires health minister warns of possible new, milder covid-19 wave

  

  Buenos Aires City Health Minister Fernán Quirós Wednesday warned the recent increase in covid cases might be heralding “the beginning of a new wave.”

• Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Decolonization C24 Pacific Regional Seminar opens in Saint Lucia

  

  St Lucia Prime Minister Philip J Pierre, will this Wednesday 11th May, formally open a United Nations Seminar on Decolonization, which is to be held at the Sandals Grande Hotel until 13th May 2022.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 07:15 UTC

  Belgian researchers find new angle to tackle SARS-CoV-2

  

  Belgian scientists have developed a mechanism that could potentially prevent the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting humans, according to a paper published Tuesday in Nature.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Slight increase in COVID-19 cases in Argentina

  

  Health authorities in Argentina have reported that the number of fatalities due to COVID-19 has tripled in Buenos Aires, while total infections have almost doubled in a week as temperatures take a downward turn.

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Cases of Covid-19 on the rise in Argentine – “monitoring” required

  

  Argentine health authorities mentioned during the weekend that the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide has been on the rise in recent weeks.