Tag: COVID-19

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Bill allowing Chileans to withdraw yet another 10% of pension savings does not make it through the Senate

  

  A bill authorizing Chileans to make a fourth withdrawal of pension funds to cope with economic shortcomings due to restrictive measures taken during the fight against COVID-19 has failed to make it through the Senate.

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

  Vaccination target of 70% of world population remains elusive despite meeting of top UN officials and manufacturers

  

  The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization held on Tuesday the 2nd High-Level Consultations with the CEOs of leading COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing companies.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Italian pharmaceuticals to be produced in Chile with Bill Gates grant

  

  The Bill Gates Foundation has allocated a grant to Italian company ReiThera Srl to produce Chile vaccines against COVID-19, it was announced.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:40 UTC

  UK adds brands of COVID-19 vaccines to list of treatments admitted for travelers

  

  Health authorities from the United Kingdom have added Sinovac, Sinopharm Beijing and Covaxin to the list of immunizers to be accepted in order to spare incoming travelers a mandatory quarantine.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 16:06 UTC

  No COVID-19 deaths in São Paulo, Brazil, in one full day

  

  The Brazilian State of São Paulo Monday recorded its first day without deaths due to COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Biden's administration wants vaccination to proceed despite Court's order

  

  US Government officials of Joseph Biden's administration Monday insisted the presidential vaccination mandate should remain in force despite a federal court's issuance of a stay against it last Saturday.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 20:54 UTC

  Tourists welcome again in US after 20 months

  

  The Government of the United States Monday reopened the country's land and air borders Monday to foreign visitors who are vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 14:00 UTC

  Argentine health ministers support national gov't's decision to vaccinate children

  

  Health Ministers of jurisdictions other than the federal government have lined up together behind their national colleague Carla Vizzotti after the latter was accused of lying when she recommended vaccinating children aged 3 to 11 with Sinopharm.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Brazilian scientists turn down medals in repudiation of President Bolsonaro

  

  A group of Brazilian scientists who were awarded the National Order of Scientific Merit have decided to turn down the honours after President Jair Bolsonaro chose to remove one of them from the list.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Federal court grants stay on Biden's vaccination mandate

  

  A federal court of appeals has granted a stay on US President's Joseph Biden's mandatory vaccination against covid-19 for employees working for companies with staffs of 100 or above, it was announced.