Tag: Vaccination

• Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 17:14 UTC

  Protesters rally in front of Uruguayan President during Independence Day celebrations

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou faced protesters during Wednesday's Independence Day celebrations and even engaged in talks with them amid verbal aggressions.

• Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Third dose of COVID-19 vaccines coming up for second half of September in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health authorities Wednesday announced the third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine will begin to be distributed during the second half of September 2021, for people over 70 years of age who have completed their full treatment more than six months ago.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Uruguay has vaccinated 70% of its population with two doses against COVID-19; Brazil only 26.83%

  

  Uruguay's Public Health Ministry (MSP) Tuesday announced 70% of the population had already received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines such as CoronaVac, Pfizer or AstraZeneca, while a private survey showed only 26.83% of Brazilians were at the same level.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Peru extends sanitary restrictions until September 5 while new set of measures is devised

  

  Peru's authorities have extended the current COVID-19 sanitary restrictions until September 5, it was announced Sunday.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  PAHO reports only one out of five Latin Americans are vaccinated against COVID-19 as Delta variant sneaks in

  

  A report released Wednesday by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) showed that only one out of five Latin Americans had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  São Paulo city to vaccinate teenagers aged 12 to 17, while all restrictions lifted statewide

  

  São Paulo, South America's largest city, is to begin vaccinating teenagers aged 12 to 17 after 100% of its adult population has been given at least one dose of a COVID-19 immunizer, it was announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Argentine province of Buenos Aires to start house-by-house vaccination campaign

  

  The Argentine province of Buenos Aires will start Wednesday deploying house-by-house roving vaccinating squads to reach both those who have not had access to immunization as well as people who are reluctant to get jabbed, provincial Health Minister Nicolás Kreplak announced Tuesday.

• Friday, August 6th 2021 - 08:09 UTC

  Uruguay will not change vaccination plans despite WHO's request

  

  Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Thursday denied his country was to change course in its coronavirus immunization drive despite the World Health Organization's (WHO) requested that countries with a surplus of vaccines should donate them before applying the third dose.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 22:01 UTC

  Vaccination mandatory in Argentine province of Jujuy

  

  The Argentine province of Jujuy is making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all civil servants effective Monday.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Lacalle the best, Maduro the worst - says survey of how LatAm Presidents have handled the covid-19 pandemic

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou was Latin America's best president when it came down to handling the coronavirus pandemic, a study by the international consulting firm Ipsos released over the weekend has shown.