Tag: pandemic

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Latin America passed 300,000 confirmed deaths of coronavirus and 8 million contagion cases

  

  The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in Latin America passed 300,000 on Wednesday, according to several independent tallies, with the virus showing no signs of abating in the world's worst-hit region.

• Monday, September 7th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina preparing to restart domestic and international flights in October

  

  Argentina could resume international commercial flights in October, the transport ministry said, following the approval of the new passenger and airport protocols for international travel by the ministry of health, the requirement government stated previously for lifting a strict travel ban

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Brazil industrial output rose 8% in July, much stronger than expected

  

  Industrial output in Brazil rose 8% in July, figures released this week showed, much stronger than economists had expected as the sector continued to pick up after shuddering to a standstill early this year due to strict coronavirus-linked lockdowns.

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Indigenous communities in Brazil equipped with a “Covid-19 Alert” to keep track of the pandemic

  

  Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil launched an app on Friday aimed at alerting indigenous communities to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in their lands.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Brazil with record trade surplus in August, despite an overall fall in global transactions

  

  Brazil obtained a record trade surplus of US$ 6,6 billion during the month of August, the highest for the month since 1989. However overall dropped with exports sliding 5.5% to US$ 17,741bn and imports, 25,1%, to US$ 11,133bn. In eight months the trade surplus reached US$ 36,594bn, the third-best historically in the last forty years.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro governor removed from office for alleged corruption

  

  Brazil's High Court of Justice removed Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel from office on Friday, as police raided his official residence in a probe into accusations he stole emergency funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  UK government message, “back to work” to help the economy recover

  

  Britain's government is urging people to return to their offices and workplaces to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Friday.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  J&J added Chile, Argentina and Peru volunteers to conduct trials for its vaccine against Covid-19

  

  United States pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has added Chile, Argentina, and Peru to the Latin nations where it plans to conduct Phase III trials for its vaccine against COVID-19, the company confirmed on Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentina extends price freeze on mobile, internet and TV services until end of 2020

  

  Argentina has extended a price freeze on mobile, internet, and TV services until the end of 2020 after deeming them “essential public services”. The freeze prevents operators from increasing tariffs unless they receive permission from the country’s government. A price freeze has been in place since May and had been due to expire at the end of August.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Young people driving the spread of coronavirus in the Americas, Pan American Health Organization

  

  Young people are driving the spread of the coronavirus in the Americas, the head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Tuesday, noting that both deaths and caseloads have doubled in the region over the past six weeks.