Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  NZ Prime Minister calls off wedding due to sanitary restrictions

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who has announced her country was moving back to “the red traffic light setting” in a move to curb the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant, has been forced to postpone her own wedding to comply with the sanitary restrictions.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:07 UTC

  Air Europa announces flights between Córdoba and Madrid via Asunción

  

  Just the week Aerolíneas Argentinas announced the return of seven weekly flights between Buenos Aires' Ezeiza and Madrid's Barajas, Spanish carrier Air Europa said it was coming back to the Argentine city of Córdoba, a service which had to be lifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  US now demands all foreigners be vaccinated to enter the country

  

  The Government of the United States has announced that effective Jan. 22, foreigners wishing to cross into the country by land or by boat from Canada will also be required to submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Booster doses in Uruguay to always be with the latest version of the drug

  

  Uruguay's Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado Thursday said “there will be an annual revaccination” against COVID-19 and announced the Government had secured a supply of Pfizer's drug for that purpose.

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Austria passes law making COVID-19 vax mandatory

  

  The Austrian parliament Thursday approved the introduction of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 by 137 votes in favor and 33 against. The measure will take effect Feb. 4. Austria has thus become the first European nation to legalize such a practice.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentine President to remain isolated after close contact with COVID-19 case

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández is once again under isolation after it was determined he has been in close contact with a positive case of COVID-19, while Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas has already been confirmed as having the disease.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  UK to lift Plan B COVID-19 restrictions, PM announces

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Wednesday that his so-called Plan B sanitary restrictions applied in the Government's fight against COVID-19 will be lifted as of next week.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:27 UTC

  Djokovic & Wife own 80% of pharmaceutical firm seeking a cure for COVID-19

  

  The future of Serbian star Novak Djokovic seems to be drifting away from tennis. First, he was deported from Australia for not being jabbed and later France announced similar rules would apply to any unvaccinated traveler, which means he would also miss the second Grand Slam tournament of the year.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  US adds Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia to list of destinations to avoid due to covid

  

  The United States' Centers for Disease Control has added 22 countries to the level four travel warning list due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, particularly of the omicron variant.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:08 UTC

  Guayaquil welcomes first cruise ship of the season with 11 COVID-19 cases

  

  Passengers of the Silver Whisper cruise ship were not allowed to go ashore by themselves in Guayaquil after 11 of the 228 travelers tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced. The first cruise ship of the 2021-2022 season moored in Guayaquil Tuesday.