Tag: COVID-19

• Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 08:51 UTC

  Number of kids vaccinated against Covid-19 going down in Brazil

  

  According to a study released Friday, the number of Brazilian children aged between 6 months and 5 years old who have taken at least two doses of Covid-19 vaccine has gone down, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, August 10th 2023 - 09:28 UTC

  New Covid-19 strain classified by WHO as EG5 and “variant of interest”

  

  The World Health Organization, WHO, on Wednesday classified a new strain of Covid 19 as a “variant of interest.” The EG.5 variant has been spreading rapidly in the United States, encompassing over 17% of cases. Although also detected in China, South Korea, Japan and Canada.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Falklands suffering spread of respiratory and gastrointestinal virus; prevention measures

  

  The Falkland Islands hospital KEMH have seen a low number of COVID-19 cases in the community, in addition to COVID-19 we have other respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses that are causing problems as well. The KEMH will be reverting back to some of their previous COVID–19 measures in an attempt to slow the spread through their team to ensure they can continue to provide their services.

• Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Falklands reminds residents of unpleasant current cold and flu-like illness, and Covid-19 cases

  

  The people of the Falkland Island may be aware that there is an unpleasant cold and flu-like illness and some cases of Covid-19 in the community.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Bolivia announces end of Covid-19 emergency

  

  Bolivia is shifting from a sanitary emergency to an epidemiological alert regarding Covid-19, it was reported Monday in La Paz. “Today Bolivia leaves behind the international sanitary emergency and enters a national epidemiological alert,” President Luis Arce Catacora announced on social networks.

• Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 09:46 UTC

  Bolsonaro's funds frozen over unpaid Covid-19 fines

  

  A Sao Paulo court Wednesday froze former President Jair Bolsonaro's bank accounts over unpaid fines worth R$ 87,000 (about US$ 18,000) for failing to comply with health laws during the Covid-19 pandemic, it was reported.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:52 UTC

  Covid-19 test or vax no longer required to enter Brazil

  

  In line with the World Health Organization's decision to lift the Covid-19 global emergency, Brazilian authorities decided that both nationals and foreigners entering the South American country no longer need to present proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19 test, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, May 29th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  New strain of Covid-19 virus detected in Ecuador

  

  Ecuadorian authorities have reported the appearance of a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the South American country and upped the biosecurity measures in force accordingly, it was announced during the weekend by the National Institute of Public Health Research (INSPI) in Quito, where the asymptomatic patient is.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  WHO forecasts new pandemic, deadlier than Covid-19, is coming up

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tuesday warned of a new pandemic coming up in the near future, which will be deadlier than Covid-19 and would be caused by ”another emerging pathogen with even more deadly potential.” It would be a Covid-19 variant, Tedros also explained.

• Sunday, May 7th 2023 - 13:27 UTC

  Lula insists Brazilians need to get vaccinated against Covid-19

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted during the weekend the end of the Covid-19 international emergency. The South American country was the second with the most deaths recorded from the malady. Lula blamed his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro's denialism for that fact.