Tag: COVID-19

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 11:00 UTC

  Defending champ Djokovic to skip Australian tennis Open due to Vax mandate

  

  World tennis Number One and defending champion Novak Djokovic will not play the 2022 edition of the Australian Open in response to the vaccination requirement against COVID-19 imposed by local authorities and organizers.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay's strategy against Omicron is to just be alert, President says

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday said his Government had no specific strategy against the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, other than “being alert.”

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  G7 health officials agree to keep an eye on Omicron

  

  Health Ministers from the seven most developed democratic economies in the world Monday agreed the new coronavirus strain dubbed Omicron was “highly transmissible” and called for “urgent action.”

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 15:06 UTC

  WHO recommendations on how to address Omicron, “a variant of concern”

  

  Last Friday WHO designated variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO's Technical Advisory Group (TAG-VE). This decision was based on the evidence presented to the TAG-VE that Omicron has several mutations that may have an impact on how it behaves, for example, on how easily it spreads or the severity of illness it causes.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 11:02 UTC

  Monday is Barbados' last day under a British monarchy

  

  Barbados is getting ready to cut ties with Queen Elizabeth II and replace her with her current representative, Governor-General Sandra Mason, as head of state this week.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine Health Pass coming up, mandatory vaccination not compulsory “for now”

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has admitted a Health Pass was coming up effective Dec. 1 as new strains of the coronavirus were being detected in other continents. The new pass would be mandatory for higher risk activities, events involving large crowds and indoor gatherings for people aged 13 and over.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  LATAM presents reorganization plan, rejects Brazilian group offer, and has to wait until January 27

  

  LATAM Airlines Group said on Friday it had filed a reorganization plan, proposing a US$8.2 billion injection of capital in a bid to exit its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, and at the same time announced it had rejected the Brazilian airline Azul acquisition proposal as “incomplete” and “insufficient”.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Omicron: UK enforces strict measures including compulsory face covering

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed new temporary and precautionary measures following the emergence of the Omicron variant in the United Kingdom. The Omicron variant contains a large number of spike protein mutations as well as mutations in other parts of the viral genome.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Saudi Arabia's FM visits Buenos Aires to strengthen ties with Argentina

  

  Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal al Saud said in a newspaper interview published Saturday in Buenos Aires' daily Infobae that “Argentina is our friend and ally, that will not change at the IMF.” The diplomat thus did not rule out a handout to reinforce Argentina's Central Bank's reserves.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  UK calls for emergency G7 meeting over Omicron

  

  The Government of the United Kingdom Sunday announced it would convene an “emergency meeting” to address the coronavirus Omicron variant and the new health map resulting from it.