Tag: COVID-19

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Now that billions have been vaccinated, how do we manage Covid-19 health care waste challenge?

  

  As hundreds of millions have been vaccinated against the pandemic, another challenge has emerged, tens of thousands of tons of extra medical waste from the response to COVID-19 has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices, according to a new WHO report.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Extreme Poverty in Latin America rises to 86 Million because of pandemic, ECLAC report

  

  In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable, and resilient social protection systems.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:11 UTC

  Canadian PM tests positive for COVID-19 while sheltering from protesters

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who last week was relocated to an undisclosed residence as the caravan of truckers gathered in Ottawa to protest against vaccination mandates, Monday announced on twitter he had tested positive for COVID-19.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Diplomatic solution found to crisis of truckers crossing into Chile

  

  Argentine and Chilean authorities have reached a solution to the crisis affecting some 3,000 lorry drivers crossing the Andes through the Cristo Redentor-Libertadores route, it was announced.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Portuguese Socialist PM stronger after snap elections

  

  Portugal's Socialist Party (PS) won Sunday's snap parliamentary elections called after Parliament failed to approve in October the budget submitted by Prime Minister António Costa, who will remain in office. But Sunday's results also showed an increase in the number of seats held by right-wing movements.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Argentina donates over 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines

  

  Argentina's health authorities have confirmed the country has donated over 4 million Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccines to countries in the Caribbean, Africa, and Southeast Asia in a move to reduce inequality.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Canadian truckers caravan converging at Ottawa against vaccination mandates

  

  Canadian lorry drivers honked their horns Friday as their caravan converged on the capital city of Ottawa for a major demonstration against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's vaccination mandates to cross the Canada-US border.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa outlines differences between pediatric COVID-19 vaccines

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Friday released a statement warning of the differences between COVID-19 vaccines for children to highlight the specifics of newly-released drugs.

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  European agency green-lights Pfizer COVID-19 pill

  

  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Thursday announced it had approved the use of Pfizer's anti-COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, which has thus become the first oral treatment cleared for use in the European Union. The new drug is a combination of the molecule PF-07321332 and the HIV antiviral Ritonavir.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Number of COVID-19 cases goes up in the Americas, PAHO says

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday that a 32% increase in COVID-19 cases had been reported in the Americas during the past week, which represented around 8 million new infections.