Tag: COVID-19

Friday, March 20th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Falklands and Covid 19: no positive cases identified; GCSE exams suspended; limited medevacs

The Falklands weekly Penguin News this week published a summary of releases, decisions, recommendations and overall strategy of the Islands facing, as in the rest of the world the challenge of Covid 19. The big news is that the Falklands until this week, had no positive tested cases of the virus and that so far there is sufficient health care capacity and expertise to face the situation.
Friday, March 20th 2020 - 09:47 UTC
Brazil closing all land borders except with Uruguay, and banning entry from EU and Pacific countries

Brazil on Thursday announced it was closing land borders and prohibiting entry to people from European and many Pacific Asian countries to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, as Mexico and Peru reported their first virus deaths.
Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:59 UTC
Coronavirus: Argentina unveils stimulus package; ample support from the political system to the strategy

Argentina unveiled this week a 700 billion Pesos (some US$10 billion) stimulus package to try to sustain economic activity, avert shortages of food and medical supplies, help companies and protect workers and vulnerable groups affected by the worsening Covid 19 pandemic.
Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
Coronavirus: Mercosur members coordinate actions and frontier movements

Mercosur country members agreed on Wednesday to share information and statistics on the coronavirus evolution as part of a common strategy destined to combat the pandemic, which included facilitating the return of ex-pats and ensuring the movement of goods among the block.
Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
Pots and pans protest against Bolsonaro; Brazilian markets crash and Congress approves national emergency

The coronavirus outbreak hammered Brazil on Wednesday, crushing local markets, infecting more members of the country’s political elite and prompting loud protests against President Jair Bolsonaro, whose son waded into a diplomatic spat with China.
Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Brazilian government security advisor, a minister and the head of the Senate, self isolated with coronavirus

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has so far escaped coronavirus contagion but his national security advisor, his mines and energy minister plus the Senate chief haven't been so lucky.
Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:25 UTC
Brazil central bank cuts benchmark rate 50 points to a record low of 3.75%

Brazil’s central bank on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to a record-low 3.75% to cushion the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic but signaled no rush to cut again and emphasized the need for more economic reforms.
Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:23 UTC
Mnuchin denies potential US unemployment of 20% but considers a US$ 2.000 stimulus check to every American

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday vowed that unemployment would not reach 20%, seeking to clarify comments he made a day earlier on a worst-case economic scenario resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, March 18th 2020 - 08:59 UTC
Falklands updates air and cruise ship advisory; recommends foreign nationals in the Islands to take Wednesday's Latam flight

The Falkland Islands Government has announced a new air travel advisory and outlined the terms on which it may assist cruise ships seeking to repatriate passengers. Likewise, it strongly recommends foreign nationals seeking to leave the Falklands to do so on Wednesday, March 18, LATAM flight.
Wednesday, March 18th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
Covid 19: Mercosur countries isolated from the world and among themselves

The number of Coronavirus cases tested positive are increasing significantly, in the exponential leg of the process, in Mercosur country members and in Chile. Brazil reported the first death, a 62 year old man in Sao Paulo with a medical record of high pressure and diabetes.