Tag: COVID-19

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Global COVID-19 vaccine deficit is a scandal, ITUC

  

  The revelation in a World Health Organization, WHO that just 20% of people in low- and lower-middle-income countries will have been vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of this year is a scandal of epic proportions, according to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 07:32 UTC

  Chilean organizers cancel Viña del Mar 2022 Festival yet again due to COVID-19

  

  Chile's Government and organizers have decided yet again Wednesday to cancel the 2022 edition of the iconic Viña del Mar International Song Festival due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 11:55 UTC

  Back to earth: Ushuaia admits much uncertainty about the coming cruise season

  

  The recent decision by Silverseas Cruises to move its operations to neighboring Punta Arenas and Puerto Williams in Chile, has shaken Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia officials who are complaining that the Argentine government, despite promises, has yet to deliver the sanitary protocol for vessels and crew, calling in Ushuaia, plus announcing when borders will be opened.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 13:55 UTC

  Vaccination of children aged 6 to 12 starts in Chile with Coronavac

  

  Chile's health authorities have started vaccinating children aged between 6 and 12 against COVID-19 with the Chinese Coronavac drug to keep up the country's high immunization rate, which is among the most prolific worldwide.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Uruguay's Congress hit by coronavirus infections

  

  A few Uruguayan lawmakers tested positive for SARS-Cov-2 forcing 48 people from the national Congress to go into isolation, it was reported Monday.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Paraguayan Ambassador in Cuba dies of COVID-19

  

  Paraguay's Ambassador to Cuba Bernardino Cano Radil has died Sunday of COVID-19 in Havanna, it was reported. He was 65.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  First case of Mu variant detected in northern Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities have detected the first case of the coronavirus Mu variant in the country, it was announced Friday.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Biden tells unvaccinated US citizens to do the right thing because “the time for waiting is over”

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday warned all unvaccinated Americans that “the time for waiting is over,” as he launched a six-part strategy to combat the SARS-Cov-2 Delta variant.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Unvaccinated United workers under Religious Exemptions to be placed on Unpaid Leave

  

  United Airlines has decided all unvaccinated employees are to be placed under a temporary, unpaid leave of absence beginning Oct. 2, pending further evaluation of each case, it was announced Wednesday.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  BRICS issues New Delhi Declaration calling for investigations on coronavirus to be free from political influences

  

  Leaders of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Thursday agreed on the use of science-based methods to determine the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19.