Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 22:01 UTC

  Mercosur health ministers agree sanitary measures need to be unified

  

  Health Ministers from all four Mercosur full member countries in addition to Chile's Thursday agreed during a meeting in Montevideo to work on unified sanitary requirements regarding COVID-19 for international travel.

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Third dose of vaccine mandatory to lead normal life in Peru

  

  Peruvian health authorities Wednesday announced the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be needed for people willing to enter public buildings and indoor private spaces effectively April 1.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 22:27 UTC

  New epidemiological scenario in restriction-free Europe

  

  World Health Organization Director for Europe Hans Kluge Tuesday pointed out during a press conference in Moldova that the epidemiological situation on the continent must still be monitored.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 21:58 UTC

  German family of 17 deported from Paraguay due to lack of COVID-19 vax

  

  Paraguayan authorities have deported a German family of 17 people who were all unvaccinated against COVID-19. They had sold all their assets to settle in the South American country, where other groups of European nationals have been reported to have migrated to avoid immunization mandates.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  New Zealand halts new Antarctic vessel development due to budgetary crisis

  

  The Government of New Zealand has halted the Antarctic Patrol Ship Project, citing budgetary shortcomings stemming from expenses incurred in the fight against COVID-19, it was reported.

• Monday, March 21st 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  Duke and Duchess of Cambridge land in Belize

  

  Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton have landed Saturday evening in Belize, marking the first stop of a Caribbean tour by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are next to visit Jamaica and The Bahamas. William is not new to the area; he spent several months in the country when he served in the Welsh Guards.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Vaccinated travelers to be spared further testing to enter Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's Minister of Tourism Tabaré Viera has requested his Public Health colleague Daniel Salinas to review the possibility that incoming travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are spared the swab test at the earliest.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:16 UTC

  Brazil's health minister recants Deltacron findings announcement

  

  Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga Tuesday went back on his steps and now said the two cases of Deltacron COVID-19 he had announced a day earlier are in fact still under investigation.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  WHO says global COVID-19 infections up but deaths drop

  

  The total number of new COVID-19 infections globally has increased by 8%, while the number of fatalities has gone down by 17%, compared to the previous seven days, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:10 UTC

  Cases of Deltacron confirmed in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga Tuesday confirmed two cases of the Deltacron variant of COVID-19 had been detected in the country.