Tag: COVID-19

• Saturday, January 8th 2022 - 12:32 UTC

  Chile's physicians discourage traveling to Argentina due to Omicron

  

  Chile's Medical College said that the coronavirus situation in Argentina was “critical” as a result of the Omicron variant and advised against traveling to the neighboring country.

• Saturday, January 8th 2022 - 12:30 UTC

  Anvisa okays COVID-19 vaccine entirely produced in Brazil

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Friday approved the first nationally manufactured COVID-19 vaccine. The body is also considering a second pediatric drug after having cleared Pfizer's for children aged 5 to 11.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 22:10 UTC

  Flurona cases detected in Peru; one patient dies

  

  Peruvian Health authorities have reported the detection of three infections and also one death of flurona, the new portmanteau disease resulting from the overlapping of COVID-19 with influenza.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 22:05 UTC

  COVID-19 infections in Rio skyrocket: over 6,000% in 20 days

  

  Health authorities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have reported Thursday that the number of COVID-19 detections had increased 6,778% in less than a month, as the Omicron strain has already been detected locally.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 17:54 UTC

  DIY COVID-19 tests given green light in Argentina

  

  Argentina's sanitary agency ANMAT has issued the green light Wednesday to the distribution and commercialization of COVID-19 self-testing kits, as coronavirus infections soar nationwide.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 08:34 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for people over 50 in Italy

  

  The Government of Italy Wednesday issued a decree making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all those over the age of 50, it was announced. Out of Italy’s 59 million people, 28 million fall over the age of 50.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 07:37 UTC

  UK/Falklands 2021 trade in goods and services was down 9,7% compared to the previous year

  

  Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Falkland Islands was £112 million in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2021, a decrease of 9.7% or £12 million from the four quarters to the end of Q2 2020. Figures are from the UK ONS, Office for National Statistics.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Rio street carnival called off yet again due to covid-19

  

  The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has decided to cancel its widely famous carnival street celebrations due to the covid-19 pandemic, which,has made such a large gathering “unfeasible,” according to Mayor Eduardo Paes.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 20:10 UTC

  France reports new coronavirus variant detected

  

  French scientists have warned the world about yet another variant of SARS-Cov-2 after spotting it in a vaccinated patient who had just returned from Cameroon, it was reported in a medical journal last week.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 20:08 UTC

  Facebook too suspends Republican Congresswoman's account

  

  Just hours after Twitter banned Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene permanently, Facebook gave her a 24-hour suspension for remarks she made on the alleged negative side of covid-19 vaccines.