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Global pandemic

Brazil surpasses grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths

09-08-2020 08:38 Just a day after Latin America and the Caribbean became the hardest-hit region in the global pandemic, Brazil reported a total of 100,477 fatalities, joining the United States as the only two countries to surpass the six-digit death mark.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses 7,000 virus cases in a single day

06-08-2020 02:33 Health Ministry confirms more than 7,000 infections in a day for the first time since the pandemic began. Death toll rises to 4,106.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records new daily highs for Covid-19 deaths and infections

04-08-2020 23:30 Argentina registered 168 deaths and 6,792 infections with coronavirus on Tuesday, two record figures for a single day.

Global pandemic

Latin American coronavirus cases top five million

03-08-2020 23:52 Global infections passed 18 million, with Brazil driving the regional surge. South America's largest country has recorded 2.75 million cases, and close to half the region's 202,000 deaths.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government bans social gatherings in Argentina for next 15 days

02-08-2020 22:42 Health Access Secretary Carla Vizzotti confirms ban on social gatherings in all parts of the country until August 16, amid surge of Covid-19 infections and fatalities.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses 200,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19

02-08-2020 21:00 Health Ministry confirms 5,376 new cases, pushing country past 200,000 threshold.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government halts easing of virus lockdown for at least two weeks

31-07-2020 19:00 Officials decide to delay move to further ease confinement measures for at least two more weeks due to the high number of Covid-19 infections and for fear that the health system might collapse.

Coronavirus pandemic

Record Covid-19 highs: 6,377 new cases, 153 deaths in 24 hours

31-07-2020 03:13 As of Thursday, the country has recorded 185,360 confirmed cases, with 3,441 fatalities. According to Health Ministry records, 80,596 have recovered.

Global pandemic

Brazil reopens to foreign visitors arriving by air, despite virus crisis

30-07-2020 11:04 Move comes even as Brazil registered record numbers of daily infections and deaths, bringing the overall figures past 2.5 million and 90,000, respectively.

LONG READ

Misinformation on coronavirus is proving highly contagious in US

30-07-2020 00:06 As the world races to find a vaccine and a cure for Covid-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight to the burgeoning outbreak of conspiracy theories, hoaxes, anti-mask myths and sham treatments.

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 3,000 deaths from Covid-19 since pandemic began

27-07-2020 23:08 Health Ministry confirms 4,890 new cases and 121 fatalities. In total, Argentina has recorded 167,416 infections and 3,059 deaths since pandemic began.

Global pandemic

Global virus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs

27-07-2020 17:08 Even as the grim figures keep rolling in, the World Health Organisation is arguing against a wholesale closing of borders, as global death toll reaches 650,000.

Coronavirus pandemic

Kicillof says Buenos Aires Province will pay Covid-19 patients to isolate

23-07-2020 11:38 Provincial government will pay citizens with mild cases of coronavirus 500 pesos per day (US$6.97) if they stay for 10 days in government facilities through the 'Acompañar' programme.

Global pandemic

Jobless and desperate: post-lockdown reality kicks across globe

23-07-2020 11:26 Many workers' lives have been abruptly upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as job losses in tourism, air travel, food and drink or other industries, hit those both on fixed contracts and in the informal sector.

Global pandemic

Latin America tops four million coronavirus cases

23-07-2020 11:06 More than four million coronavirus cases have been recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean, half of them in Brazil.

Coronavirus pandemic

Another day, another record: 5,782 new cases and 98 fatalities

23-07-2020 03:03 New figures mean that 141,900 infections have now been recorded, with 2,588 deaths. ICU bed occupancy in Buenos Aires metropolitan area rises to 64.3%.

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 100 fatalities from Covid-19 for second straight day

22-07-2020 00:49 Health Ministry confirms 117 new deaths and record 5,344 infections in 24 hours, just over 92% of which were registered in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA).

Global pandemic

Trump: Coronavirus in US will get worse before it gets better

21-07-2020 22:27 Trump changes his tune on face masks and warns "nasty horrible" coronavirus will get worse in the United States before it gets better, as US death toll reaches 140,000.

Coronavirus pandemic

Buenos Aires begins to slowly emerge from virus lockdown

20-07-2020 23:17 Capital begins gradual reopening of activities in a phased scheme running until August 3, including a limited number of industrial, commercial, service and recreational activities.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records more than 100 deaths in a day from Covid-19

20-07-2020 22:28 Weekend pushes Monday's Covid-19 death toll up to its highest daily tally yet since pandemic began: 113 deaths.

BLOOMBERG

Most of the world may face Covid without a vaccine, warns expert

19-07-2020 23:53 Klaus Stohr has urged governments for many years to prepare for the grim possibility of a pandemic. And he paints a sobering picture of what lies ahead.

G20 MEET

Argentina asks for help as Saudi hosts G20 virtual talks on virus recovery, debt crisis

18-07-2020 07:00 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá says he will urge the G20 to set up a global "solidarity-based fund" to address the increase in poverty in virus-battered countries.

Coronavirus pandemic

'We will try to return to normal life': Fernández loosens lockdown

17-07-2020 21:45 Amid record Covid-19 surge in cases and fatalities, President Alberto Fernández announces loosening of lockdown restrictions in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and phased re-opening of activities.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 surge continues: 4,250 infections and 82 deaths

16-07-2020 01:12 Health Ministry announces new high of 4,250 infections and 82 deaths in 24 hours. To date, Argentina has 111,147 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 2,050 fatalities registered.

Coronavirus pandemic

101-year-old discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19

14-07-2020 15:28 A 101-year-old woman discharged from hospital, 36 days after she was first hospitalised with Covid-19.

'Echizen Maru' in Ushuaia

57 sailors onboard fishing ship in Ushuaia test positive for Covid-19

13-07-2020 23:17 Argentine fishing boat docks in Ushuaia after 35 days at sea, after crew begin showing signs of coronavirus. Reports say 57 of the 61 crew-members onboard the 'Echizen Maru' – who all isolated for 14 days before setting sail – have tested positive for coronavirus, puzzling experts.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses 100,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19

12-07-2020 21:06 Health Ministry confirms 2,657 new cases of Covid-19, taking Argentina past the symbolic 100,000 barrier.

Global pandemic

Video calls, separate bedrooms: Bolsonaro’s first week with Covid-19

12-07-2020 08:35 Brazilian leader announced that he had been infected with the new coronavirus on Tuesday and is using it to publicly extol hydroxychloroquine, the unproven malaria drug that he’s been promoting as a treatment for Covid-19.

Global pandemic

Latin America & Caribbean surpasses three million Covid-19 cases

07-07-2020 23:58 The region is the current epicentre of the global pandemic, with 3,023,813 cases and nearly 140,000 deaths – almost half of them in Brazil, the hardest hit country in the world after the United States.

Global pandemic

Brazil President Bolsonaro confirms he has tested positive for Covid-19

07-07-2020 12:36 “I’m perfectly well,” Bolsonaro told CNN Brasil in a live interview, after announcing he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina registers record 75 deaths from Covid-19 in one day

07-07-2020 02:43 More than 80,000 people have now been infected with Covid-19 in Argentina. To date,1,582 fatalities have been recorded.

Coronavirus pandemic

Cold, windswept and frozen, Buenos Aires returns to isolation

03-07-2020 03:37 On a chilly winter Wednesday, a lonesome Buenos Aires reverted to the first and most restrictive phase of the quarantine, in a renewed bid to halt the advance of Covid-19.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Pandemic to deliver 'unprecedented' blow to tourism in Latin America, Caribbean

02-07-2020 03:21 Coronavirus pandemic to deliver "unprecedented blow" to tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank warns.

Coronavirus pandemic

New phase of stricter lockdown begins in Buenos Aires

02-07-2020 00:17 Officials said Wednesday that the new measures were working well – the Buenos Aires City government said that on Wednesday 107,000 vehicles had used the capital's highways, a 33 percent drop from one week ago.

Global pandemic

Latin America, Caribbean may see virus deaths quadruple: experts

01-07-2020 17:39 Pan American Health Organisation warns virus death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean could top 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

In midst of Covid chaos, Uruguay is getting it right

30-06-2020 12:50 Uruguay has become an oasis in the middle of a Covid-19 storm.

Global pandemic

EU reopens its borders to 14 nations but not to US tourists

30-06-2020 12:33 European Union to reopen borders to travellers from 14 countries, and possibly China soon, but most US citizens have been refused entry for at least another two weeks.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's economy tanked in April as virus hit home

30-06-2020 12:33 Construction was the worst hit industry, plummeting 86.4%, with hotels and restaurants not far behind (down 85.6%). Manufacturing, down 34.4%, and business, which lost 27%, were also hard hit.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records highest daily death toll yet from Covid-19

30-06-2020 00:23 Forty-eight people died from Covid-19 in Argentina over the last 24 hours, Health Ministry officials said Monday, lifting the total number of fatalities to 1,280.

EX-ARGENTINA MANAGER

Carlos Bilardo does not have Covid-19 and was misdiagnosed, says brother

30-06-2020 00:05 Argentina's 1986 World Cup winning coach was diagnosed with Covid-19 by mistake, his brother has revealed.

BLOOMBERG

Economy plunges more than expected after lockdown

29-06-2020 23:10 Economic activity fell 17.5% in April from the previous month, and 26.4% from a year ago, the government reported Monday.

Global pandemic

World hits 500,000 coronavirus milestone amid fears worst to come

28-06-2020 19:03 A reported tally Sunday from Johns Hopkins University researchers said the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic had reached 500,108.

Coronavirus pandemic

Carlos Bilardo, Argentina's 1986 World Cup coach, tests positive for coronavirus

28-06-2020 08:42 82-year-old, who suffers from a brain disorder and lives in a nursing home, tests positive for coronavirus but without displaying any symptoms, according to local media reports.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses 50,000 Covid-19 cases, new restrictions on way

26-06-2020 02:58 President Alberto Fernández set to announce return to strict lockdown in Buenos Aires metropolitan area, running from July 1 to 17.

WHAT NEXT?

Brazil, Argentina issue warnings as locust swarm crosses region

26-06-2020 00:16 Both the Argentine and Brazilian governments issue warnings as locust swam crosses border region.

Global pandemic

IMF predicts Argentina's economy will slump 9.9% in 2020

25-06-2020 01:16 Warning of the biggest slump since the Great Depression, International Monetary Fund warns coronavirus crisis will sink global economy in 2020, predicts global collapse in GDP of 4.9%.

Coronavirus pandemic

Seven residents of City nursing home die of Covid-19

25-06-2020 00:42 Seven elderly residents at a nursing home in the capital have died after suffering "severe" symptoms of the Covid-19 coronavirus, the City government said Wednesday.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

In perennial economic crisis, Argentina faces worst year yet

23-06-2020 23:15 Some analysts are predicting a record contraction for Argentina's economy this year, with double-digit estimates of decline beginning to emerge.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Economy contracted by 5.4% in first quarter of 2020

23-06-2020 20:37 Unemployment rose to 10.4% in the first three months of the year, before the coronavirus lockdown kicked in, national statistics bureau reveals.

Global pandemic

Judge orders Brazil's Bolsonaro to use face mask in public

23-06-2020 15:33 Judge Renato Coelho Borelli said in his ruling that Bolsonaro “has exposed other people to the contagion of a disease that has caused national commotion.”