Tag: pandemic

• Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 07:53 UTC

  Brazil to build lab marking pandemic readiness

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attended this week the laying of the foundation stone for the Orion Project, a laboratory complex specialized in disease-causing pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites to be built in Campinas, in the State of São Paulo. According to Agencia Brasil, the facility is expected to be the most advanced in Latin America and one of the most important in the world.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 18:46 UTC

  Biden says “COVID-19 pandemic is over”

  

  US President Joseph Biden said during a TV interview aired late Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic was over. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over,” Biden said, thus sparking a series of uproars from within scientific and politician communities.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Mental health disorders, especially among youngsters increased 25% in first year of the pandemic, WHO report

  

  In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The brief also highlights who has been most affected and summarizes the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental health services and how this has changed during the pandemic.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Oruro carnival parade goes on like before, albeit with face masks

  

  Rio de Janeiro’s street carnival parades may be off but other parts of South America are returning to their traditional celebrations following a ban during 2021 as a result of COVID-19 measures.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Bolsonaro “welcomes” Omicron – angers WHO

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 was “welcome” in Brazil, because it “may point to the end of the pandemic.”

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Strong recovery of employment in most of Chile

  

  Unemployment in Chile is down to 7,5%, the lowest since January 2020, according to the country's stats office INAE. The 7,5% figure is the seventh consecutive mobile quarter, (September-November), which has seen a systematic reduction in unemployment plus a simultaneous standing recovery of lost jobs, some 74,6% of the two million wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 10:35 UTC

  Former GACH expert against Uruguay's easing on COVID-19 measures

  

  Uruguayan COVID-19 expert Rafael Radi, a former coordinator of the Honorary Scientific Advisory Group (GACH), has said in an interview that eliminating the second PCR test for those arriving into his country was a “somewhat bold” measure he would have not recommended.

• Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  What is the Federal Reserve tapering; the end of rock bottom interest rates?

  

  By Edouard Wemy – Tapering refers to the Federal Reserve policy of unwinding the massive purchases of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities it’s been making to shore up the economy during the pandemic.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Paraguay decrees tax cut to boost sales to foreign residents in bordering cities

  

  Paraguayan authorities have decided to cut down the Value Added Tax (VAT) by 1% until March 2022 in a move to boost across-the-border trade. The measure applies to goods imported through the so-called Tourism Regime and includes beverages and perfumes.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Inflation once again brings on increase in poverty throghout Paraguay

  

  Analysts foresee official data for the year 2021 will show an increase in poverty for the second straight year in Paraguay and will reach almost 30% due mainly to increasing inflation, analysts said Tuesday.