Tag: COVID-19

• Wednesday, August 4th 2021 - 07:58 UTC

  Wuhan braces for new restrictive COVID-19 measures, all citizens to be tested

  

  Wuhan, the Chinese city where the whole coronavirus pandemic kicked off in late 2019, is back under the spotlight following the decision of local health authorities to test the entire population in the aftermath of a new outbreak after 14 months with zero cases of domestic transmission.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentine province of Córdoba makes isolation at hotels compulsory for travelers who test positive on arrival

  

  Health authorities in the Argentine province of Córdoba have ruled that all travelers who test positive for the Delta variant of the coronavirus are to isolate at hotels, following a recent local outbreak.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Scientists report Uruguayan variant of coronavirus

  

  Researchers from Montevideo's Pasteur Institute have detected an “Uruguayan variant” of the coronavirus, which ”would have contributed to the first wave.”

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  IMF okays SDRs for countries beleaguered under the covid-19 pandemic

  

  The International Monetary Funda's (IMF) Board of Directors Monday approved the disbursement of SDRs for a total amount of US $ 650,000 million as a relief measure amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 22:01 UTC

  Vaccination mandatory in Argentine province of Jujuy

  

  The Argentine province of Jujuy is making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all civil servants effective Monday.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina second worst Latam country in terms of foreign direct investment

  

  Argentina's poor performance in the 21st century when it comes down to direct foreign investment is only surpassed by that of Venezuela; it was reported Sunday by Infobae.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 07:10 UTC

  Uruguay's Labor Ministry ratifies vaccination not mandatory for workers

  

  Uruguay's Labor Ministry has announced employers shall not be allowed to demand a vaccination certificate when hiring workers, according to high-ranking officials quoted Sunday by the Montevideo daily El País.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Third dose of Pfizer coming up globally as Delta variant keeps crawling in

  

  The Government of Israel has become the first in the world to decide on the use of a third dose of the Pfizer anticoronavirus vaccine, a move which some other countries are likely to follow suit shortly.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 07:59 UTC

  First case of Delta variant spotted in Argentine province of Córdoba, carrier disregarded isolation, infected 13 others

  

  One case of the coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in the Argentine province of Córdoba in a traveler who had arrived from Lima, Peru, through Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport on July 19.

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 07:39 UTC

  Chilean agriculture short of manpower: some crops could remain without harvesting

  

  Chile's National Agriculture Society, SNA, has warned that up to 30% of crops could remain without harvesting because of a lack of manpower. SNA head Cristian Allendes participated in a conference on the labor problem and incentives to attract people to work in the fields, which was presented under the title of “How is the 2020/21 season coming along?”.