Tag: COVID-19

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Embarrassing private messages by Brazilian President disclosed

  

  Brazilian news outlets Thursday revealed embarrassing private Whatsapp messages from President Jair Bolsonaro which included homophobic remarks and words of praise for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Restrictions on non-traveling people to Buenos Aires international airport eased down

  

  Argentine authorities Wednesday have allowed for the access of people to Buenos Aires' main air terminal to accompany departing passengers, but those welcoming arriving travelers still need to wait outside, it was announced.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  São Paulo medical care provider said to be behind “disguised euthanasia” in COVID-19 cases

  

  Brazilian Senator Otto Alencar spoke of cases of “disguised euthanasia” in the medical insurance company Prevent Senior, which is also suspected of having prescribed hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 patients.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2021 - 00:13 UTC

  Argentine national gov't to hunt down those unregistered for vax

  

  Argentina's Federal Health Council Monday announced that although immunization will not be mandatory, a nationwide house-by-house vaccination campaign will be launched for those who have not registered to take their injections.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Uruguayan President to announce measures in view of Argentine border reopening

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou will be announcing Tuesday a package of measures to contain the impact on businesses in areas bordering Argentina for when the latter reopens its borders on October 1.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Black market of COVID-19 vaccination certificates on the rise

  

  Immunization requirements for travellers or workers have resulted in the development of a black market of Covid-19 vaccination certificates on the Internet, the Buenos Aires daily Crónica reported Monday.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  Macron and Tedros open ground for WHO academy in Lyon

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron, President and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, broke ground on Monday for the WHO Academy’s campus in the French city of Lyon.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 13:55 UTC

  Chile starts vaccinating kids aged 6-11 at schools

  

  Mass vaccination against COVID-19 of over 1.5 million Chilean schoolchildren aged 6 to 11 has kicked off Monday, it was reported. Chilean authorities have also confirmed Sinovac's drug CoronaVac is to be administered but only to those children who have parental consent.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government expands policy for approved visitors

  

  On Wednesday 22 September, ExCo agreed to revise its policy in connection with the categories of visitors allowed entry into the Falkland Islands. This decision was taken as part of the government’s regular review of ongoing pandemic management plans.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Buenos Aires Mayor has lunch with former US President Clinton

  

  Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta Sunday held lunch with former United States President Bill Clinton in New York over the weekend, during which they discussed bilateral ties between the two countries as well as other world issues.