Tag: lockdown

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Spanish government ignores Madrid authorities and declares a lockdown on the 3,8 million people city

  

  Spain's government invoked a state of emergency on Friday to reimpose a partial lockdown for several million people in and around Madrid, one of Europe's worst COVID-19 hotspots after a court had struck down the measures.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  Madrid requests the Army's help to fight the surge of coronavirus in the capital

  

  Madrid's regional government chief requested the army's help on Monday in fighting the coronavirus surge in the Spanish capital where local authorities ordered a partial lockdown of some poorer districts, prompting protests.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  New Zealand to lift virus restrictions, except Auckland; rallies demanded a “return” of rights

  

  New Zealand will lift coronavirus restrictions across the country on Sep 21, except in its biggest city Auckland which is the epicenter of the second wave of infections, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazilian economy is back to 2009 size, following a 11,4% contraction in the second quarter

  

  Brazil’s economy shrank in the second quarter by the most on record as anti-coronavirus lockdown measures slammed activity in almost every sector, dragging Latin America’s largest economy back to the size it was in 2009.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  Colombia reopens and tries to reignite the economy after months of restrictions

  

  Airports, bus terminals, restaurants, and gyms reopened in most of Colombia on Tuesday as the nation attempts to reignite its economy following months of restrictions for the coronavirus pandemic. The step expanded previous moves that allowed shops, construction sites, shopping malls, and factories to resume operations in June in most of the country's cities.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Colombian quarantine will move to “selective” beginning September first

  

  Colombia will enter a period of “selective” quarantine when its five months of national coronavirus lockdown ends at the close of August, President Ivan Duque said on Monday, and will be part of Johnson & Johnson vaccine trials.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentina confirms 8,713 new cases of Covid-19 and 381 deaths in the last 24 hours

  

  Argentina confirmed a record 8,713 new cases of coronavirus on Monday and 381 resulting deaths in just 24 hours, as the country battles a surge of contagions. The country's health ministry said that just weeks into a stricter quarantine in the capital Buenos Aires and its suburbs, cases were now springing up in other regions of the country.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro iconic Copacabana Palace reopens after the pandemic lockdown

  

  The Copacabana Palace, an iconic luxury hotel on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront, reopened on Thursday after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close for the first time in its 97-year history.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:47 UTC

  Colombia surpasses half a million Covid-19 cases and 16,000 deaths

  

  Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpassed 500,000 on Wednesday as deaths from the virus approach 16,000 and the country nears the end of five months of lockdown.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  Latin America coronavirus cases exceed six million and continue to accelerate

  

  Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceed six million and continued to accelerate, according to the WHO figures, as most of its nations begin to relax lockdown measures.