PRESIDENT IN ANTARCTICA Alberto Fernández arrives in Antarctica for historic trip 22-02-2023 14:06 Head of state and accompanying delegation arrived at Marambio Base ahead of national address and inauguration of three new southern bases.
Global pandemic Latin America slowly turns to self Covid tests as cases jump 01-02-2022 14:25 Latin American countries that have been slow or hesitant to approve at-home Covid-19 tests widely used in developed nations are now turning to them to cope with a resurgence of the virus.
COVID-19 VACCINES Sputnik VIDA vaccine will be ‘principally for Argentina’ 24-04-2021 01:27 Laboratorios Richmond chief Marcelo Figueras says first batch of homemade Covid-19 vaccine has been produced, with more than 21,000 doses now in Moscow for quality control checks.
SPUTNIK PRODUCTION Pharmaceutical firm produces first batch of Sputnik V vaccine in Argentina 20-04-2021 13:44 Argentine pharmaceutical firm Laboratorios Richmond says it has complete the first local batch of the Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus and will be dispatching it to Moscow for quality control checks. Mass production could begin in June.