Tag: COVID-19

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:18 UTC

  Argentine relatives of COVID-19 victims stage “March of the Stones”

  

  Argentine relatives of people who have died of COVID-19 Monday staged the so-called “March of the Stones” as a tribute to their loved ones and to voice their criticism for the way the administration of President Alberto Fernández has handled the pandemic.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:14 UTC

  No more quarantine for all of Chile starting Wednesday

  

  Chilean health authorities have announced that no commune in the entire country will be under quarantine as of next Wednesday, as a part of the step-by-set program towards normalization.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:04 UTC

  Bolivia no longer needs Sputnik V and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines

  

  Bolivian authorities Monday announced that with the last purchase of COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccines, the country was fully supplied with immunizers and would no longer need to import any more doses of Sputnik V and AstraZeneca despite contracts already signed.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  Germany to sell its Lufthansa shares acquired during the pandemic

  

  The German Finance Agency has announced that in the coming weeks it will proceed to the sale of the state's 20% stake in the flag carrier Lufthansa, which it acquired in the midst of the pandemic to help impede the collapse of the company.

• Monday, August 16th 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Argentine province of Salta holds local elections under sanitary protocols

  

  The Argentine province of Salta Sunday held local elections of provincial and municipal lawmakers through an electronic ballot system and amid special covid-19 protection measures.

• Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine President says breach of quarantine was the First Lady's fault

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday laid the blame on the First Lady for the family gathering picture leaked in the past few days and which proved a violation to the quarantine he himself had decreed.

• Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Gibraltar welcomes first official cruise call since the beginning of the pandemic

  

  The Gibraltar Chronicle is reporting that this Friday saw the first official cruise call to the Rock since the pandemic started. “Wind Surf”, from Windstar Cruises arrived at 8.00 am and was expected to depart Gibraltar at 18.00 hours, local time. Gibraltar was included in its itinerary as part of their Mediterranean Cruise.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 21:04 UTC

  WHO calls on countries to depoliticize investigation into origin of Covid 19

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) called on countries to depoliticize the investigation into the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and how it jumped to humans, pressing for more raw data to review and suggesting that more can be done within its current framework to track lab safety around the world, including China.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Opposition lawmakers to seek impeachment of Argentine President for violating quarantine he had decreed

  

  Argentine opposition lawmakers Thursday announced they would be seeking the impeachment of President Alberto Fernández after the image of him holding a party in violation of his own urgency emergency decree (DNU) capping attendants and mandating distancing protocols became public knowledge.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Argentina starts distributiing Sputnik V vaccines produced locally

  

  Distribution of the Russian developed Sputnik V vaccine manufactured in Argentina started Thursday with the first batch of 1.14 million doses, it was reported.