Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Chilean Gov't finally agrees to reopen land borders after 2 years

  

  Chilean authorities Sunday reopened 22 land border crossings with Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru, The passages had been reshaped since March 17, 2020, so that only cargo was let through but no travelers, amid restrictive sanitary measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19 into the country.

• Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Chinese citizens, economy fear measures more than they fear COVID-19 itself

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic has almost the whole world going in one direction and China doing quite the opposite and measures of the utmost severity have led to the strict confinement of some 343 million people to enforce a “zero-tolerance” policy as cases of the Omicron variant keep being detected through mass, compulsory testing.

• Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Indian lab files for clearance in Brazil of covid-19 vax

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has announced it had received this week the request for registration of a COVID-19 vaccine that uses recombinant protein technology.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Depression grows 40% in Brazil during COVID-19 pandemic

  

  A recent study has shown a 40% increase in cases of depression among Brazilians amid restrictions stemming from sanitary measures adopted to fight the spread of COVID-19, it was reported Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Paraguayan left picks presidential candidate

  

  As the ruling Colorado Party still needs to work out the differences between incumbent President Mario Abdo Benítez and his predecessor Horacio Cartés who both endorse separate candidates, Paraguay's left has already picked their nominee - former Health Minister María Esperanza Martínez (2008-2012).

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 07:55 UTC

  WHO warns against lowering guard regarding COVID-19

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tuesday pointed out that despite an unprecedented low in COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic back in March 2020, emergencies still surfacing were not regarded presently as they should.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 20:59 UTC

  Shanghai tightens up covid-19 restrictions

  

  Chinese authorities have tightened sanitary restrictions imposed on Shanghai residents due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 deaths and also of cases detected through mass testing, it was reported.

• Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  China's Zero-COVID policy hits Chilean fruit exports

  

  Sanitary measures by Chinese health authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19, which include port closures, are taking a toll on Chile's fruit exports, it was reported Sunday.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Brazil's Health Minister officially announces end of covid-19 emergency

  

  Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga Friday signed the declaration officially marking the end of the COVID-19 public emergency of national interest, which had recognized the severity of the pandemic and allowed authorities of all jurisdictions to act accordingly.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 18:56 UTC

  PAHO says some countries not meeting vaccination targets despite proper supply

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Friday reported that over two-thirds of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean is already vaccinated against COVID-19, although certain countries have yet to reach even half of their population.