Tag: lockdown

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Sao Paulo City will gradually lift lockdown beginning Monday June first

  

  Despite a record number of new coronavirus cases reported in Brazil this week, Sao Paulo –the largest city in South America and home to Brazil's financial hub– will allow shops and malls to reopen after two months of loosely enforced quarantine.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  Johnson, under growing pressure over Cummings issue, announces easing of lockdown conditions

  

  The coronavirus lockdown will ease next week for most of Britain's population, Boris Johnson announced on Thursday, as a row persisted over the prime minister's closest adviser taking a long-distance journey during lockdown.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Chile, once the darling of foreign investors, struggling with coronavirus, inequality and poor public services

  

  Chile's government is struggling to control a coronavirus outbreak that could revive mass social unrest as its hospital system comes under increasing pressure. With a population of 18 million, Chile is reporting new Covid-19 cases at a pace comparable to that of Spain at the peak of the virus' spread in March, on a per capita basis, and resources are close to maxed out in Latin America's wealthiest economy.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Peruvian record lockdown: three months paralyzing the economy

  

  The health system in Peru is on the brink of collapse, with public hospitals facing drastic equipment shortages amid a rising number of coronavirus cases. A University of Washington study has projected that Covid-19 deaths in Peru will reach nearly 20,000 by August, indicating that demand is likely to outstrip the supply of beds in intensive care units.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  Stubborn Johnson insists in keeping Cummings: 59% believe the advisor should resign

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britain on Wednesday to move on from what he described as a “very, very frustrating episode” when his closest adviser provoked outrage for taking a long-distance drive during the coronavirus lockdown.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentina extends mandatory lockdown in metropolitan Buenos Aires until 7 June

  

  Argentina extended until June 7 a mandatory lockdown in metropolitan Buenos Aires on Saturday and tightened some movement restrictions, after a steady increase in the city's confirmed coronavirus cases in recent days.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Overwhelmed by Covid-19, Peru extends nationwide lockdown until end of June

  

  Peru on Friday extended its state of emergency and a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic until the end of June, marking one of the longest periods of mandatory isolation in the world.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  All Uruguayan students will be back in school by the end of June in a three stage calendar

  

  Uruguayan students will be returning to face-to-face classes from June following a three-stage calendar and with voluntary assistance, the country’s president, Luis Lacalle Pou, reported on Thursday.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 07:29 UTC

  Job losses in the US totaled 38,6 million since the lockdown; 2,43 million in the last week

  

  Job losses in the United States are slowing but totaled an unheard-of 38.6 million since the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns began, while officials debate what additional steps will be needed to rescue the beleaguered economy.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 07:15 UTC

  Working mothers bear the brunt of pandemic: spend an average 65 hours a week

  Working mothers in Europe and the United States are taking on most of the extra housework and childcare created by lockdown, and many are struggling to cope, a survey showed on Thursday.