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Montevideo, July 1st 2025 - 14:11 UTC

Tag: COVID-19

  • Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:22 UTC

    German cruise to Canary Islands interrupted in Portugal because of Covid outbreak

    After the first positive cases emerged, operator AIDA Cruises on Sunday chose to halt the cruise “in the interest of the safety and health of its guests and crew,” a spokesman said.

    Some 3,000 passengers saw their Canary Islands-bound cruise definitively halted on Monday in Lisbon following an outbreak of Covid 19 in the AIDAnova vessel. At least 64 people tested positive for the virus while on the ship, which is owned by the German company Aida Cruises.

  • Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:56 UTC

    Strong recovery of employment in most of Chile

    The 7,5% figure is the seventh consecutive mobile quarter, (September-November), which has seen a systematic reduction in unemployment

    Unemployment in Chile is down to 7,5%, the lowest since January 2020, according to the country's stats office INAE. The 7,5% figure is the seventh consecutive mobile quarter, (September-November), which has seen a systematic reduction in unemployment plus a simultaneous standing recovery of lost jobs, some 74,6% of the two million wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Belgian station in Antarctica hit by COVID-19 infections

    The current International Polar Foundation research season has been already cut short and two campaigns have been postponed

    Although Project Manager Joseph Cheek said the situation was “not dramatic,” at least 16 of the 25 workers at Belgium's Princess Elisabeth polar station have tested positive for COVID-19 and the whole staff will remain isolated until Jan. 12, it was reported.

  • Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:24 UTC

    Bolivian VP bows to pressure, agrees to take a COVID-19 vaccine

    ”There are two ways to acquire immunity: naturally and artificially (vaccines), and I have acquired natural immunity,” Choquehuanca said

    Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca finally agreed to get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite ratifying that taking the jab in voluntary in Bolivia and that he has already overcome the disease.

  • Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    The Euro at 20

    The ECB has helped quell Euro zone exit speculation, ensuring that borrowers in all member states have access to similarly priced credit

    By Jean Pisani-Ferry (*) – Twenty years ago, on January 1, 2002, citizens of 12 European countries began using new euro banknotes and coins. A larger-than-life project – emblematic of a time when European leaders were bold enough to step into the unknown – thus became a tangible reality.

  • Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:09 UTC

    US Congresswoman has Twitter account banned permanently

    “Twitter is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth,” Greene said afterwards

    Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Sunday had her personal Twitter account canceled permanently for postings deemed untrue regarding COVID-19. “We have permanently suspended the account for repeated violations of our Covid-19 disinformation policy,” the company noted.

  • Friday, December 31st 2021 - 18:15 UTC

    Boris Johnson celebrates success of vaccine program in New Year's message

    “Get that jab and do something that will make 2022 a happy New Year for us all”.

    British Prime Minister will deliver his New Year’s message today (Friday 31 December) where he will celebrate the achievements of the vaccination program over the last year with over 7 in 10 eligible adults in England boosted so far - an increase of 8 million top-up jabs (45%) since the target was brought forward on 12 December.

  • Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:45 UTC

    Argentine Health Ministry eyes shortening isolation for those fully vaccinated

    Medical workers are also entitled and mandated to isolate after testing positive for COVID-19, thus understaffing various hospitals

    The Government of Argentina is monitoring the Uruguayan case closely to determine whether it is still useful to isolate COVID-19 close contacts who are already vaccinated against the disease, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti said the day after she announced a reduction in the number of quarantine days.

  • Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:34 UTC

    France now tolerant to Britons willing to return to their EU countries of residence

    Britons are no longer citizens of the EU and need “compelling” reasons to drive through France, which has banned all non essential travel out of COVID-19 fear

    The Government of France Thursday announced it had decided to show some “tolerance” for Britons wishing to return to their homes elsewhere in the European Union, thus reversing a surprise ban that affected thousands of travelers on the grounds that they were no longer citizens of the EU and deserved no special treatment.

  • Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

    South Africa loosens up COVID-19 restrictions

    New infections dropped by 29.7 percent last week

    South African health authorities have agreed to lift a midnight curfew after the number of omicron cases of COVID-19 was beginning to slow down, it was reported Thursday. South Africa is the country hardest hit by the coronavirus in Africa, with more than 3.4 million cases recorded and 91,000 deaths.