Tag: Vaccination

• Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Germany ponders return to lockdowns amid 4th wave of COVID-19

  

  German health authorities were said Friday to be entertaining the thought of returning to quarantine as a possible response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 19:16 UTC

  Germany going through a “pandemic of the unvaxxed”

  

  Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn said his country was going through a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” and called for measures to curb the peak of coronavirus cases registered over the past few days.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay reopens borders to fully immunized foreigners

  

  Around 3,000 foreign tourists arrived in Uruguay before sunset Monday after borders were fully reopened to vaccinated travellers following nearly two years of closure to fight COVID-19.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil's Labour Ministry bans sacking of unvaccinated workers

  

  Brazil's Labour Minister Onyx Lorenzoni has signed a resolution banning the dismissal of workers because they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. The ministerial document also labels such a requirement on the part of employers as “discriminatory.”

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Pfizer vaccine gets emergency authorization for use on children aged 5 to 11 in the US

  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States Friday issued an emergency clearance for the use of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 on children aged 5 to 11, it was announced. The decision came three days after a recommendation from a scientific committee.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 11:24 UTC

  Uruguay, Pfizer agree on supply of COVID-19 vaccines for 2022

  

  The Government of Uruguay finally reached an agreement with Pfizer for the supply of 3.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines during 2022, it was announced Thursday in Montevideo.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Over 53% of Brazilians fully vaccinated, report says

  

  Brazil's much-criticized anti-COVID-19 vaccination drive has already reached 53% of the population with full treatment, while 72% of patients have at least taken the initial dose, according to a health report released Wednesday.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Desperate Nicaraguans go to Honduras to get COVID-19 shots

  

  Citizens of Nicaragua, which according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ranks among the six countries in the region with the lowest vaccination rates, have been crossing over the border to neighbouring Honduras even on horseback and in rafts to receive a COVID-19 immunizer, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 20:09 UTC

  Third doses and shots for foreigners announced in Argentina

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Tuesday announced third doses of COVID-19 vaccines were to be applied to specific groups of patients as well as to foreign tourists.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Parts of Chile back under COVID-19 restrictions amid growing number of infections

  

  Chile's capital Santiago and 14 other communes nearby communes are to return to phase 3 of the national Government's contingency plan, following 929 COVID-19 infections detected in the last 24 hours, out of a total of 1,677 nationwide, it was announced Monday.