Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:46 UTC

  WHO releases “more comprehensive” COVID-19 figures

  

  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 is far larger than previously thought and has reached nearly 15 million people directly or indirectly worldwide, twice as many as initially estimated, once the WHO quantified the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Despite record profits, Maersk warns of stagflation and Chinese factory closures

  

  Møller-Maersk has warned of growing economic risks including potential stagflation and Chinese factory closures even as the world’s largest container shipping group by profits reported a record quarter.

• Thursday, May 5th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Uruguay begins Parliamentary debate to legalize euthanasia

  

  Uruguayan lawmakers have begun this week the debate to legalize euthanasia, despite opposition from the National Party of President Luis Lacalle Pou and the Catholic Church. The Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide bill was first introduced in 2020, but no further action was taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  CanSino eyes Argentina for local production of covid-19 vax

  

  A delegation from the Cansino laboratory has held meetings in Buenos Aires with Health Minister Carla Vizzotti and other officials to discuss local production of their COVID-19 vaccine, it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  US Democratic Party doubtful about Biden running for reelection

  

  Leaders within the United States' Democratic Party are beginning to come to terms with the idea that President Joseph Biden might not run for reelection in 2024, as most polls place former President Donald Trump 6 percentage points ahead.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 08:00 UTC

  Gates: “we ain't seen the worst of covid-19 yet”

  

  Tycoon Bill Gates said Monday said that the worst part of the coronavirus crisis was yet to be seen, although most countries are returning to prepandemic dispositions.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  No more home office for Argentine civil servants

  

  The times of home office for Argentine civil servants come to an end effective Monday following a decision by Secretary of Public Management and Employment, Ana Castellani, after COVID-19's critical stage has been deemed to be over.

• 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.