Tag: COVID-19

• 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.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  PAHO set out to reverse low vaccination rates against COVID-19

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday reported that less than 20% of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have been fully immunized against COVID-19 and announced actions will be taken to reverse that situation.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro riddled with cases of Delta variant in Brazil

  

  According to data released Wednesday, Rio de Janeiro accounts for 36% of all coronavirus Delta variant detections in Brazil, making it the epicenter of that particular strain nationwide.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 07:46 UTC

  Governor of US State of New York to leave office over major sexual harassment scandal

  

  New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday announced he would resign effective in a fortnight following a report from Federal Prosecutor Letitia James which details his alleged sexual harassment of female staffers.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Argentine plans opening of land borders as Uruguay gets ready to allow tourists in, among many improvements

  

  Uruguay will start allowing foreigners in as of September 1 while Argentina announced the reopening of its common land borders is being eyed for September 6, as tourism seems headed for a gradual return to pre-pandemic levels.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 10:13 UTC

  Chile in mourning for two days over those who died from COVID-19

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera decreed two days of national mourning Monday and Tuesday (August 9 and 10) in memory of all those who passed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentine Health Minister speaks of “periodic vaccinations” and perks for those who take the shots

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has admitted over this past weekend that third doses of coronavirus vaccines were under consideration to face the surge in cases of Delta variant.

• Sunday, August 8th 2021 - 13:02 UTC

  Migration crisis in Ecuadorian border town: Clandestine crossings and lack of government support

  

  By Sebastián Astorga (*) – A border town divided between two countries, where before the Covid-19 pandemic people passed through without custom controls, is now divided by fences on the two bridges that cross from Ecuador to Peru in its vicinity, cutting off almost completely the only commercial activity on which it survived and further burdening the situation of the more than ten thousand migrants who are passing through, many of them on foot.

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentina goes easier on COVID-19 restrictions, increases quota of travelers from abroad

  

  The Government of Argentina has devised a program of “sustained and progressive openings” to ease down current restrictions imposed as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced Friday.