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Global Covid-19 death toll passes two million

16-01-2021 07:37 The global death toll from Covid-19 passed two million on Friday, with the WHO urging mass vaccinations.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Death toll reaches 15,000 as Covid-19 surge continues

26-09-2020 09:17 More than 400 fatalities and 12,000 new cases confirmed Friday as total infections nears 700,000.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Controversial judge sends Dujovne to trial before stepping down

01-08-2020 09:32 Federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral ends long court career in explosive style, sending former economy minister Nicolás Dujovne to trial on charges of malfeasance and abuse of authority.

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.

Causa peajes

Judge sends two ex-Macri administration officials to trial

21-07-2020 21:50 Charges against former National Highways director Javier Iguacel and ex-Treasury prosecutor Bernardo Saravia Frías relate to presumed irregularities in the awarding of highway toll concessions.

Coronavirus pandemic

Pandemic politics costing lives in Brazil

12-05-2020 13:09 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro keeps saying coronavirus fears are overblown. Other officials at the federal, state and local levels insist the danger is all too real. Meanwhile, the politicisation of the crisis is taking a heavy human toll.

Fight against virus

Brazil coronavirus despair stretches from Rio to Amazon

08-05-2020 09:30 From the Amazon city of Manaus to the seemingly endless urban sprawl of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, freshly dug graves have been filling up quickly for weeks with the bodies of Brazilians killed by Covid-19.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina’s coronavirus death toll rises to 249

04-05-2020 13:53 Three new deaths from Covid-19 coronavirus were confirmed this morning by Health Ministry officials, bringing the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 249.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil passes 5,000 deaths from Covid-19, says Health Ministry

29-04-2020 13:02 Brazil, the South American country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has registered more than 5,000 deaths from Covid-19. President Jair Bolsonaro said he cannot perform “miracles” to curb the virus spread.

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

Coronavirus pandemic

Anguish in Brazil's ICU units overwhelmed by Covid-19

24-04-2020 13:29 Doctors sign as many death certificates as release forms in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Emilio Ribas, the state's first public hospital to be pushed to breaking point by the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 3,000 deaths from coronavirus in Brazil

24-04-2020 13:27 Most populous country in Latin America and the region's largest economy has now recorded 3,313 coronavirus deaths, out of a total 49,492 confirmed cases.

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 100,000 coronavirus infections in Latin America

21-04-2020 08:06 Based on official figures, Latin America as a whole had 100,952 cases on Sunday, with 4,924 deaths.

Covid-19's death toll

China's virus death toll revised up sharply after review

17-04-2020 18:18 China's official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic jumped sharply Friday as the hardest-hit city of Wuhan announced a major revision that added nearly 1,300 fatalities, raising the official toll to to 3,869 deaths.

Coronavirus pandemic

Harvard researchers say social distancing may be needed into 2022

15-04-2020 09:35 People around the world might need to practice some level of social distancing intermittently through 2022 to stop Covid-19 from surging anew and overwhelming hospital systems, a group of Harvard disease researchers said Tuesday.

Long read

A city under siege: 24 hours in the fight to save New York

09-04-2020 19:49 Before the pandemic swept in, the United States' biggest, loudest city often lived up to its own hype. Then the coronavirus all but shut it down, claiming lives from the Bronx to the Battery and beyond.

Virus casualities

Doctor in Chaco becomes Argentina's 38th fatality from coronavirus

03-04-2020 14:37 Late doctor, named as Francisco Marín, is the 8th death from Covid-19 registered in Chaco Province, which has recorded more than 100 confirmed cases to date.

Coronavirus pandemic

Latin America's biggest cemetery braces for impact

02-04-2020 18:10 Brazil's Vila Formosa cemetery, the largest in Latin America with an area of 780,000 square metres and where more than 1.5 million people are buried, has had a 30% increase in burials since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Virus effect on the elderly

Nursing homes in Europe struggle in wake of coronavirus chaos

31-03-2020 19:01 Governments in Europe's hardest-hit countries have yet to systematically test the residents of nursing homes or those who receive in-home care. No-one knows for sure how many people have become sick and died of coronavirus, especially among the elderly.

Covid-19 death toll

Uruguay reports first coronavirus-linked death

29-03-2020 18:36 Uruguay reported its first death linked to the novel coronavirus on Saturday, a former minister and ally of the ruling party, the government said.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Virus death toll rises to eight, after deaths in CABA, Resistencia

25-03-2020 18:05 Argentina suffers its worth statistical day of the coronavirus pandemic to date, recording two new deaths and a record-high 117 confirmed cases in 24 hours. Officials are awaiting the results of tests on a ninth potential death.

Coronavirus pandemic

Health Ministry confirms first cases of ‘community transmission’ in Argentina

23-03-2020 16:12 Novel coronavirus is spreading via "community transmission" in CABA, its surroundings and "some cities in Chaco, Tierra del Fuego and Córdoba" provinces, says Health Access Secretary Carla Vizzotti.

Coronavirus pandemic

City's emergency services ask porteños to stay at home

19-03-2020 14:55 Head of capital's emergency services asks porteños to stay at home and avoid social contact, as they struggle to deal with coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus pandemic

Italy reports 475 new virus deaths, highest one-day toll of any nation

18-03-2020 14:53 Italy on Wednesday reported highest one-day official toll of any nation since the first case was detected in China late last year.

Fight against Covid-19

Leaders shut Europe's borders to fight outbreak

17-03-2020 16:04 World Health Organisation calls for "boldest actions" against the pandemic on the continent, the outbreak's new epicentre, as European countries took draconian measures never before seen in peacetime.

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Coronavirus death toll soars to 1,367 as China changes counting methods

13-02-2020 14:20 The number of deaths and new cases from China's COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak spiked dramatically on February 13 after authorities changed the way they count infections in a move that will likely fuel speculation that the severity of the outbreak has been under-reported.

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

WHO declares global virus emergency after deadly day for China

30-01-2020 18:34 UN health agency declared an international emergency over deadly coronavirus from China, a rarely used designation that could lead to improved international coordination in tackling disease.