Tag: pandemic

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Paraguay needs additional medical oxygen from Brazil

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Tuesday reached out to his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro to negotiate the purchase of medical oxygen above the current quota because it is not enough, according to health authorities.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 07:43 UTC

  China's international reserves in May reach US$ 3,22 trillion

  

  Chinese gold and foreign currency reserves, the world’s largest, rose more than expected last month, according to official data published on Monday. The nation’s foreign exchange reserves increased by US$23.62 billion to US$3.22 trillion in May against US$ 3.198 trillion recorded in April.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Fact Checking: Uruguayan President took less scientific-recommended measures than he stated

  

  The information check unit of French international news agency AFP Friday announced it had detected a statement by Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou that 24.5 of the 27 sanitary measures recommended by his honorary scientific advising committee known as GACH was not accurate.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  Latin America unemployment in 2021 forecast at 11.1%, according to ILO

  

  The International Labor Organization (ILO) Friday issued a report according to which 28 million Latin Americans are in a situation of working poverty due to the pandemic, for an overall unemployment rate of 11.1% in the region for the year 2021.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Tokyo 2020 volunteers keep resigning as locals oppose Olympic Games going on amidst pandemic

  

  The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which had to be postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, have suffered yet another blow Thursday when some 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers submitted their resignations citing health grounds.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:15 UTC

  UN pessimistic report on jobs until at least 2023: 220 million forecast to be unemployed this year

  

  Global job growth will not recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 according to a report published by the UN's International Labor Organization (ILO) on Wednesday. The World Economic and Social Outlook report for 2021 projects that at least 220 million people were expected to be left unemployed this year, with only a slight improvement predicted for next year.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  UK reports “zero deaths” of covid-19 as summer season looms over

  

  The United Kingdom has registered a total of “zero deaths” of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which would signal that vaccines do work, according to optimistic health care analysts.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil insists Copa America to go ahead and signs agreement to produce AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

  

  The Brazilian Government of President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday signed a contract with AstraZeneca for the local manufacture of that laboratory's vaccine against covid-19.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Paraguay reports new customs surplus but health authorities need more money to face the pandemic

  

  Revenues for May at Paraguay's Customs Directorate (DNA) were estimated at around US $ 132 million, which represents its fourth consecutive month of surplus so far this year, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil bans entry of foreigners as cases of covid-19 pile up: What about Copa America?

  

  The Brazilian Government of President Jair Bolsonaro Monday banned the entry of foreigners “of any nationality” as a result of the number of cases of covid-19 growing faster than expected, it was announced.