Tag: COVID-19

Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 18:48 UTC
Argentina not likely to extend special layoff measures, Labor Minister says

Argentine Labor Minister Claudio Moroni Thursday said it was “highly likely” that the double severance money and the ban on dismissals decreed as a part of the emergency measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic will not be extended after December 31, since the economic situation was getting back to normal.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
Backsliding democracies challenged as world becomes more authoritarian, IDEA report

The world is becoming more authoritarian as autocratic regimes become even more brazen in their repression. Many democratic governments are backsliding and are adopting authoritarian tactics by restricting free speech and weakening the rule of law, a trend exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 08:58 UTC
Haiti's PM appoints new cabinet in pursuit of some political stability

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry Wednesday launched a full-scale cabinet reshuffle to include some opposition figures within his administration in an attempt to achieve some stability in a country still trying to recover from the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse plus a devastating earthquake, the COVID-19 pandemic and also some gang violence.
Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 05:19 UTC
Brazil's STF rules in favor of Bolsonaro holding social media accounts

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro's profiles on social media be kept active despite a motion from some Senators who wanted him banned for spreading what they said were “fake news” about the coronavirus.
Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 08:54 UTC
“Argentine Bolsonaro” not quite so after taking second dose of Covid-19 vax

Far-right Deputy-elect Javier Milei, whom many had likened to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has been pictured taking what turned out to be his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, very much to the disappointment of his constituency who had hoped the soon-to-be MP would become a defender against a possible drive to make vaccination compulsory.
Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 19:05 UTC
More infectious Delta subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 spreading throughout UK

A new COVID-19 strain which is less likely to cause noticeable symptoms has been reported to be spreading throughout the United Kingdom. The AY.4.2 variant is believed to account for around 12% of the cases nationwide, in addition to being 15% more infectious than other strains known up to Nov. 5.
Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Colombia-Ecuador border to reopen Dec.1, presidents agree

The Presidents of Colombia (Iván Duque) and Ecuador (Guillermo Lasso), Sunday agreed to reopen the borders between the two countries as of Dec. 1 after they were closed in March 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:11 UTC
German state places unvaxxed under curfew; violence spreads across Europe

The German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg has determined unvaccinated residents will be kept under curfew in three of its districts between 9 pm and 5 am unless they have authorization for work reasons or a medical emergency as COVID-19 cases in the country have been reported to be on the rise.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's National Sovereignty Day: “We won't trade the islands for vaccines,” President says

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands belonged to his country, which would never trade them “neither for vaccines nor for debts.”
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Millions of Argentines do not show up for their second doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Argentine Health authorities Friday expressed a growing concern after over 8 million people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine failed to show up at their scheduled appointments to complete the immunization cycle, it was reported.