Tag: COVID-19

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 21:54 UTC

  Brazil closes borders on six African countries due to Omicron variant

  

  The Government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday decided to shut down the international borders to travelers from six African countries where the new coronavirus Omicron variant of concern has been detected.

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 21:51 UTC

  Argentina to launch green pass for mass events

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Friday announced during a press conference that the country was eyein a green pass of its own as cases of coronavirus have been reported to be growing over the past few weeks.

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 12:11 UTC

  Departure of Antarctic cruise from Ushuaia delayed because of Covid 19 among the crew

  

  Covid 19 emergency in Ushuaia delays the departure of Quark Expeditions state of the art cruise vessel Ultramarine to Antarctica. According to reports from the capital of Tierra del Fuego, abiding by sanitary protocols, the 173 crew members of the vessel were on board PCR tested, with four of them turning out positive.

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 11:46 UTC

  WHO confirms Omicron (B.1.1.529) as a SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern

  

  The Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) is an independent group of experts that periodically monitors and evaluates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and assesses if specific mutations and combinations of mutations alter the behavior of the virus. The TAG-VE was convened on 26 November 2021 to assess the SARS-CoV-2 variant: B.1.1.529.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands' Tourism awarded the Safe Travels from WTTC

  

  As the tourism industry rebuilds following the COVID-19 pandemic, very high standards of health and hygiene are expected to be adopted by all tourism businesses around the world.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Europe under alert and WHO convenes emergency meeting as new starin of coronavirus detected

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested an emergency meeting due to the appearance of a new strain of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, Botswana and South Africa.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Chile lowers vaccination age for children down to the age of 3

  

  Chilean health authorities have allowed children from the age of 3 onwards to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Chinese-developed Sinovac drugs, the one most widely used on adults in the country, it was announced Thursday.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Pfizer's vaccine makes it through to Canadian and European children

  

  Canada Wednesday began vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19 in the French-speaking Quebec, while Ontario officially launched its campaign Thursday.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 07:52 UTC

  Falkland Islands receives the first cruise visit since 2019/20 season

  

  The first cruise ship to visit the Falklands since the 2019/2020 tourist season, Silver Explorer, was cleared on November 24 and in Stanley Harbor. The itinerary included visits to Bleaker Island and Bull Point. However, it is unknown how many other vessels will visit over the season.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 18:52 UTC

  Vaccination certificates to lose validity in EU after 9 months

  

  The European Union continues to make vaccination against COVID-19 or recovery thereof a decisive factor when it comes down to foreign travel either within the bloc or abroad, according to announcements made Thursday in Brussels.