Tag: COVID-19

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  The Netherlands: scores wounded, arrested amid rioting against anticovid harsh measures

  

  Scores of protesters were wounded or arrested by police Friday in Rotterdam as people took to the streets in response to the Government's intentions to impose harsh, restrictive measures to curb the number of COVID-19 cases.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Wishful declarations after three-leader Summit in Washington

  

  Leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico have achieved little to no progress after their first three-part Summit in Washington this week. Nevertheless, there were some coincidences regarding arms trafficking, migration and the recovery from the pandemic.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 17:34 UTC

  Austria back to full lockdown, vaccination mandatory as of Feb. 2022

  

  Austria's Federal Government has announced a full lockdown regardless of vaccination status starting this coming Monday amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases. Austria will also become the fourth country in the world after Indonesia, Micronesia, and Turkmenistan to decree a compulsory immunization for the entire population.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court rules discounts on school fees were unconstitutional

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday ruled that lower court decisions granting linear discounts on college tuition fees during the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Israeli-developed oral COVID-19 vaccine strikes deal with Mexican lab

  

  Pharmaceutical companies from Israel and Mexico have announced an oral vaccine against COVID-19 is to be marketed across Latin America shortly.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Merkel announces tougher restrictions for Germany's unvaxxed

  

  The German Government has announced restrictions are to be imposed on those unvaccinated against COVID-19 in an attempt to curb the current fourth wave.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 23:29 UTC

  Arrival of first expedition vessels into the Falkland Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands will see the arrival of its first expedition vessel as part of a scaled down summer tourist season on Thursday 25 November 2021. The vessel, Silver Explorer, will call to Bleaker Island and Bull Point for the day and passengers will be permitted to disembark and visit the areas.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 17:44 UTC

  Brazil hits COVID-19 infections low since May 2020

  

  Brazil has reached a new low in its rate of COVID-19 infections Wednesday, after only 9,335 new daily cases were detected over the past week, it was announced.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Suspect in Haiti president's murder dies presumably of COVID-19

  

  A former Haitian policeman who had been arrested for his alleged involvement in the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has died presumably of COVID-19 while in custody, it was reported.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  German Chancellor says COVID-19 situation is critical

  

  Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday said the COVID-19 crisis in her country was reaching “dramatic” levels.