Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 20:07 UTC

  US: SCOTUS rules against mandatory vaccination at workplaces

  

  The Supreme Court of The United States Thursday ruled by 6 votes to 3 against President Joseph Biden's vaccine mandates for businesses with 100 employees or more.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  Omicron could make booster doses counterproductive, EMA suggests

  

  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has ventured this week that repeated booster doses of vaccine risked overloading people's immune systems and was not a “sustainable” strategy.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 21:09 UTC

  Quebec announces health penalty for those unvaccinated: it worked

  

  The Canadian province of Quebec has come up with the idea of imposing an extra tax on people who willingly chose not to take a vaccine against COVID-19. The measure has reportedly led to a collapse in vaccination centers with people rushing for appointments.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Bolsonaro “welcomes” Omicron – angers WHO

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 was “welcome” in Brazil, because it “may point to the end of the pandemic.”

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  World economy is facing Covid-19, inflation and policy uncertainty, Global Economic Prospects

  

  Following a strong rebound in 2021, the global economy is entering a pronounced slowdown amid fresh threats from COVID-19 variants and a rise in inflation, debt, and income inequality that could endanger the recovery in emerging and developing economies, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. Global growth is expected to decelerate markedly from 5.5% in 2021 to 4.1% in 2022 and 3.2% in 2023 as pent-up demand dissipates and as fiscal and monetary support is unwound across the world.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  ECLAC foresees growth rate in 2022 around one third of that of 2021

  

  Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will slow down in 2022 to 2.1%, after a 6.2% increase on average last year, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) forecast Wednesday in a study.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 19:53 UTC

  Bolsonaro says STF judges biased

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said two Supreme Federal Court (STF) were taking sides ahead of this year's elections and favoring leftwing contender and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Omicron becomes dominant strain worldwide, WHO says

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday admitted Omicron variant of the coronavirus was already the dominant one worldwide, accounting for almost 60% of the cases.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian VP and 6 ministers down with COVID-19

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 20:02 UTC

  Argentina: No more isolation for asymptomatic people with booster doses

  

  Argentine Health Authorities have decided Tuesday that from now on, people who have taken three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and remain asymptomatic following close contact with a positive case of the disease shall no longer be required to isolate themselves.