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Montevideo, April 27th 2024 - 03:22 UTC

Tag: COVID-19

  • Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Covid-19 cases on the rise in Peru

    “It is necessary and essential to sustain preventive measures such as vaccination,” Gutiérrez said

    Peruvian health authorities are detecting a surge in the number of cases of Covid-19 nationwide. Health Minister Rosa Gutiérrez told reporters that the increase had been focused on Lima and in the northern parts of the country.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    WHO changes its mind on further Covid-19 vaccination schemes

    “Countries should consider their specific context when deciding whether to continue to vaccinate low-risk groups,” WHO's Hanna Nohynek explained

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has reviewed its guidelines on whom to keep vaccinating against Covid-19. As per the global agency's new recommendations, countries were advised to reconsider whether to continue giving booster shots to low-risk groups, such as healthy children and adolescents.

  • Saturday, March 18th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    WHO hopes to liken Covid-19 to seasonal flu this year

    Tedros was critical of China's withholding information on the virus

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Covid-19 might soon be similar to seasonal flu in terms of the threat it means to human life, it was announced as the global agency hopes to further reduce its maximum alert level this year.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Did Bolsonaro get vaccinated against Covid-19?

    The far-right leader had been vociferous against quarantines, refused to wear a facemask, and promoted the use of substances with no scientific endorsement

    Brazilian authorities Friday said a vaccination card against COVID-19 under the name of former President Jair Bolsonaro who had always denied taking such drugs had been found. The document's authenticity is under investigation.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 18:43 UTC

    WHO, US extend Covid-19 emergency

    “Vaccination will remain an essential part of our approach,” Ghebreyesus said

    The US Government announced Monday that the Covid-19 emergency is to be extended until May. The decision came after a World Health Organization (WHO) panel issued a recommendation not to change the current sanitary status given that SARS-CoV- 2 remains a “permanently established pathogen” in humans and animals.

  • Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

    WHO Committee to declare end of Covid-19 emergency?

    “I remain very concerned about the situation in many countries and the increasing number of deaths,” Tedros said

    An Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization convening Friday might decide to declare the end of the “public health emergency” stemming from Covid-19. The committee's decision is to be announced on Jan. 30.

  • Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Newest Omicron variant: WHO recommends air passengers to wear masks on long haul flights

    According to health experts, the most transmissible Omicron sub-variant found thus far, XBB.1.5, accounted for 27.6% of COVID-19 cases in the United States

    Given the fast spread of the newest Omicron variant of Covid 19, countries should require air passengers to wear masks on long-haul flights, the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially requested.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

    Covid-19 Kraken variant detected in Gibraltar

    The GHA and Public Health Gibraltar will continue to closely monitor the development of this strain

    The Government of Gibraltar as advised by Public Health Gibraltar can confirm that the Kraken variant of COVID-19 has been detected from samples taken last week.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    Sanitary precautions upped in triple-border region

    Only 9 cases of dengue have been registered so far this year in Paraguay, against 1,244 cases of chikungunya

    Sanitary workers in the newly-created county of Fracrán in the Argentine province of Misiones have undertaken a house-by-house campaign to persuade people to get vaccinated against yellow fever, Covid-19, and measles, while residents were advised to up their precautions due to the increasing number of cases in neighboring Paraguay, where the first death due to chikungunya has been reported.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    WHO updates isolation recommendations for Covid-19 patients

    The UN health agency report specifies that these were only recommendations and that each country should issue its own guidelines

    The World Health Organization Friday shortened to 10 the number of days that a patient testing positive for Covid-19 should remain in isolation. Before Friday, WHO suggested people with symptoms stayed 13 days in isolation while 10 days was only for asymptomatic cases.