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Brazil's Bolsonaro snubs new lockdown calls

08-04-2021 11:44 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down on his opposition to lockdown measures to contain Covid-19 Wednesday, as experts warned a largescale stay-at-home was "absolutely necessary" to slow a deadly surge of the coronavirus.

More than 80% of intubated Covid patients die in Brazil

31-03-2021 10:27 More than 80% of Covid-19 patients who have to be intubated in Brazil have died since the start of the second wave of infections ravaging the country, according to researchers.

Covid surges back in Brazil, sparking fears in Argentina

20-03-2021 07:30 Covid-19 is raging in Brazil, where intensive care units are more than 80 percent full in 25 out of 27 states. In Rio, the rate is 95 percent.

Under fire, Brazil's Bolsonaro tones down on Covid

17-03-2021 10:26 With Brazil registering record daily death tolls from Covid-19, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is changing his traditionally pandemic-sceptic tune.

A freezing summer

09-01-2021 08:04 The government’s actions speak louder than his words – the elections above all else.

Government restricts nighttime activities in bid to halt virus

09-01-2021 07:55 Following surge in cases, national government moves to restrict night-time activities and movement of people. Number of regions, including Córdoba, Mendoza and Buenos Aires City, push back on limits.

Argentina surpasses 20,000 deaths as infections near 800,000

03-10-2020 09:44 Health Ministry confirmed a new daily high of more than 14,000 new cases on Friday, as well as 312 fatalities. Argentina now ranks among top 12 globally for infections, with tally nearing 800,000.

Buenos Aires City reports less than 1,000 infections for ninth straight day

28-09-2020 17:11 Buenos Aires City reported 659 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday morning, the ninth day in a row that the federal capital has reported less than 1,000 infections, according to City Health Minister Fernán Quiros.

For Covid-19, what is 'safe distancing'? It depends...

01-09-2020 16:58 One metres or two? Or is it six? When it comes to coronavirus social distancing, there is no single rule of thumb, researchers have cautioned in a study. 

More than 235,000 Covid-19 cases since start of pandemic

08-08-2020 09:46 Government bans social gatherings as virus toll continues to mount and new daily records for both cases and fatalities. Death toll now stands at 4,411.

Argentina breaks past 150,000 infections

25-07-2020 08:35 Officials on Friday confirmed 105 fatalities and 5,493 cases, closing off a week in which the country recorded an average of more than 5,000 new infections each day.

Brazil tops two million coronavirus cases, with 76,000 dead

17-07-2020 02:01 Even as cases wane somewhat in the biggest and hardest-hit Brazilian cities, the virus is peaking in new locations across the largest country in Latin America.

Fernández wishes Bolsonaro a speedy recovery from Covid-19

07-07-2020 23:28 Peronist leader sends his Brazilian counterpart a letter wishing him a speedy recovery, after Bolsonaro confirmed Tuesday he had tested positive for Covid-19.

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.

Brazil tops 25,000 virus deaths

27-05-2020 22:54 Health Ministry confirms 1,086 new deaths in the past 24 hours, lifting death toll to above 25,000.

City government details new restrictions on commerce, transport

26-05-2020 09:40 City government announces new restrictions on commercial activity and shopping, new controls on circulation of people in and out of the capital and closing of 11 train stations.

'Express burials' hide true Covid-19 picture in Nicaragua

18-05-2020 09:14 To date, President Daniel Ortega's government has confirmed just 25 cases of the coronavirus and eight deaths – but rights groups and experts believe the numbers are far higher.

Rise in Covid-19 death toll, infections sparks concern among officials

16-05-2020 12:44 Both national and provincial officials worried by spike in fatalities as conditions for lockdown are slowly lifted; President Alberto Fernández hails local researchers for developing new faster, more efficient Covid-19 testing kits.

Covid-19: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

08-05-2020 16:06 In the depths of quarantine tedium, this writer unearthed two movies whose titles have an uncanny pertinence in these surreal times. 

by Thomas Manning

WHO warns over virus immunity as global death toll tops 200,000

26-04-2020 09:19 As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Saturday, countries took cautious steps toward easing lockdowns imposed amid the pandemic, but fears of a surge in infections made even some outbreak-wounded businesses reluctant to reopen.