News of vaccine

More than half of population now vaccinated with one dose

Yesterdat 23:48 More than half of Argentina’s population has now been vaccinated against Covid-19, but the landmark was this week overshadowed by concerns over a lack of supply of Sputnik V vaccine shots.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Government struggles to fully vaccinate population as deaths rise

15-07-2021 14:55 Argentina is facing large delays in its inoculation programme against Covid-19, with experts cautioning for a change in strategy as virus deaths top 100,000.

Coronavirus vaccines

President Fernández signs decree to speed up access to vaccines

02-07-2021 23:48 Presidential decree modifies Vaccine Law, passed by Congress last November, and paves way for arrival of vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson

COVID-19 VACCINES

Venezuela deploys Cuban vaccines as WHO urges caution

02-07-2021 14:07 Venezuela is the first country outside of Cuba to include the Abdala vaccine in it’s national programme. It’s done so under heavy criticism from local medical associations and NGOs.

Covid-19 vaccines

Government preps decree to enable arrival of Pfizer, Moderna and Janssen vaccines

02-07-2021 03:23 Reports say President Alberto Fernández will issue a new decree modifying Vaccine Law that will smooth arrival of host of shots manufactured in United States.

Global pandemic

In Latin America, Covid-19 hits pregnant women hard

02-07-2021 00:41 Alarm bells rang in Uruguay when eight pregnant women died from the coronavirus in the space of five weeks time — a new reality observed recently across Latin America.

Covid-19 Vaccine

Germany's CureVac Covid vaccine just 48% effective

30-06-2021 19:01 Final trial results showed the coronavirus vaccine had an efficacy rate of just 48%, far lower than those developed by mRNA rivals BioNTech and Moderna. The outcome had been expected after poor interim results were released earlier this month.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Laboratorios Richmond set to begin manufacturing Sputnik V second doses

30-06-2021 17:17 President of the Laboratorios Richmond pharmaceutical firm, Marcelo Figueiras, confirms that local production of the second dose of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will start next Monday.

Global pandemic

New claims of Covid vaccine graft in Brazil

30-06-2021 14:35 Senior Health Ministry official resigns after newspaper publishes fresh allegations of corruption in Brazil's vaccine programme.

Covid-19 vaccination

Argentina reaches 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered

29-06-2021 08:08 More than 20 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have now been given in Argentina since last December. Worldwide, more than three billion doses have been administered.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Russia confirms Sputnik V second doses will arrive next week

25-06-2021 02:47 Apart from the new cargoes, it is announced that Laboratorios Richmond will begin producing the second component in the next few days.

Covid-19

Sydney residents banned from leaving city as coronavirus cluster grows

23-06-2021 00:35 More than 30 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since a cluster emerged in Sydney last week, the latest in a string of Australian flare-ups.

Vaccine diplomacy

Biden details latest vaccine donations, delays June target

22-06-2021 10:46 White House announces a list of countries that would receive 55 million doses, after previously detailing the first tranche of 25 million. In total, three-quarters of the 80 million will be sent through Covax. Argentina is among the nations listed.

SPUTNIK VIDA

Laboratorios Richmond says first 450,000 doses of Sputnik jab are ready

19-06-2021 09:10 Argentine lab says it has completed production of first batch of 448,625 doses. Government has now taken delivery of more than 20 million vaccines from overseas, with more on way next week.

Copa América

Rodríguez gives Argentina Copa edge in tense derby win over Uruguay

19-06-2021 08:48 Victory sends Argentina joint top of Group A with Chile on four points, while Uruguay remain without a point.

The Covid Copa

Controversial Copa América fails to captivate Brazilians

17-06-2021 11:17 Many Brazilians are even unaware that the world's oldest national team tournament is being played on their soil. Some attribute their lack of interest to a lack of information, a disaffection with the national team or the pandemic situation in the Latin American giant, which is heading towards half a million deaths due to the coronavirus.

VICE-PRESIDENT SPEAKS

CFK tells media to leave ‘vaccines and pandemic out of political disputes’

15-06-2021 09:35 Ex-president lets rip at government critics, telling the opposition and hostile media outlet to “leave vaccination and the pandemic out of political disputes.”

The Covid Copa

Copa América rocked by Venezuela Covid outbreak on eve of opener

13-06-2021 08:28 Thirteen members of Venezuelan delegation test positive, less than 24 hours before Copa América opener against Brazil.

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Copa América limps to start line despite pandemic

12-06-2021 00:04 Brazil kicks-off the Copa América that almost never was tomorrow. The problems faced by international football's oldest competition have been innumerous.

Vaccine diplomacy

G7 leaders pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries

11-06-2021 23:48 Argentina does not feature on list of nations that will benefit.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government hopes to ramp up vaccination amid opposition criticism

11-06-2021 23:45 Argentina’s death toll from Covid-19 continues to rise and healthcare professionals are feeling the strain.

VACCINE DIPLOMACY

US to 'supercharge' pandemic fight with 500-million-dose vaccine donation

10-06-2021 16:04 The United States will donate 500 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer nations, the White House said Thursday, to "supercharge" the pandemic fight.

The Covid Copa

Brazil's players say 'against Copa América' but won't boycott event

09-06-2021 09:23 Players from Brazilian national team say they are against playing the troubled Copa América in their country, but will not boycott the tournament. Strong criticism of CONMEBOL.

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Brazil's Supreme Court to consider halting Copa América

08-06-2021 19:41 Brazil's highest tribunal agrees to hold hearings Thursday to address two requests to block start of Copa América, casting new doubt on the troubled tournament just five days from kick-off.

Travel

Watch out for superbugs while travelling abroad, study says

08-06-2021 16:34 A study out this week in Genome Medicine found international travellers to be "reservoirs and spreaders" of drug-resistant superbugs.

Global pandemic

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

07-06-2021 23:23 Brazil, already battered by the pandemic, braces for its third wave of Covid-19 fueled by vaccination delays and lack of containment measures.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Argentina set to receive Sputnik vaccine's active ingredient from Russia

07-06-2021 17:32 Aerolíneas Argentinas flight heads to Moscow to pick up back the first consignment of active ingredients for producing Sputnik V in Argentina. Fresh delays in the arrival of AstraZeneca vaccine deliveries.

NATIONAL TEAM

AFA confirms Albiceleste will participate in Copa América

06-06-2021 16:45 "With an enormous effort from the AFA ... the National Team will travel to Brazil to play the continental competition," declares Argentine Football Association.

Coronavirus vaccines

More than three million vaccines arrive, Pfizer controversy rages on

04-06-2021 23:41 Pfizer controversy takes over political debate as Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero appears before Congress.

The Covid Copa

CONMEBOL pushes panic button, moves Copa América to Brazil

04-06-2021 23:38 Regional governing body strips Argentina of tournament due to Covid surge… and bafflingly takes it instead to virus-ravaged Brazil.

SPUTNIK VIDA

Fernández, Putin confirm production of Sputnik vaccine in Argentina

04-06-2021 23:07 President showers Russian leader with praise as nations confirm mass production of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Argentina will begin imminently.

Covid-19 vaccines

Buenos Aires Province agrees to buy 10 million doses of Covaxin vaccine

04-06-2021 23:04 Governor Axel Kicillof says deal with Indian laboratory Bharat Biotech depends on four conditions and that province will offer shots "to the national government for distribution among all provinces."

Editorial

Vaccines and votes – two V-words for V-signs

04-06-2021 22:55 Everything might seem to depend on vaccines but single-issue politics is unlikely to sway an election conditioned by multiple factors.

Covid-19 vaccines

Argentina formally starts producing Russia’s Sputnik vaccine

04-06-2021 17:20 Alberto Fernández and Vladimir Putin formally announce that pharmaceutical company Laboratorios Richmond SA will start producing the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid-19 Vaccine

Chile limits use of AstraZeneca after clot case

03-06-2021 17:57 After a 31-year-old man developed thrombosis after being immunized, Chile became the latest country to limit use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine due to links with rare blood clots.

Global pandemic

Cuba receives syringes and needles from Argentine NGOs

02-06-2021 21:55 Cuba has received a batch of syringes and needles for its vaccination campaign against Covid-19, thanks to a donation from civil organisations in Argentina.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil races clock, chaos to pull off Copa América

02-06-2021 12:27 Brazil agrees to stand-in as emergency host for the troubled Copa América, though the threats of a Covid-19 surge, political divisions and a court battle still loom over the tournament.

Covid-19 vaccine

More than 2.1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrive at Ezeiza

31-05-2021 17:09 Argentina took delivery of more than 2.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine against Covid-19 on Monday morning, handing a timely boost to the government's mass vaccination campaign.

CUBAN-ARGENTINE RELATIONS

Vizzotti, Nicolini meets with Cuban leader for Covid-19 vaccine talks

30-05-2021 09:29 With Health Minister Carla Vizzotti and Presidential Advisor Cecilia Nicolini in Havana, Cuba and Argentina sign an agreement to collaborate together on the Communist island’s Covid-19 vaccines.

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Argentina pushes CONMEBOL for guarantees ahead of Copa América

27-05-2021 16:59 "We need to know if CONMEBOL is able to comply with the requirement that we're putting in place," says Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero as doubts over tournament grow.

Global Pandemic

Chile rolls out mobility pass for the vaccinated

27-05-2021 14:03 People in Chile who have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine could from Wednesday obtain a pass to move about more freely, but the move has been criticised by health professionals given the persistently high infection rate.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Covax delivery: 657,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Argentina

26-05-2021 13:52 Argentina received an additional 657,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Amsterdam via the World Health Organisation's Covax scheme on Wednesday, a timely arrival as deaths from Covid-19 surpassed 75,000 deaths.

Global pandemic

Six Latin American, Caribbean heads call for equitable vaccine access

25-05-2021 09:44 Six presidents of Latin American and Caribbean countries call on the international community for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, asking those countries with the most doses to share them.

Coronavirus vaccine

Officials head to Mexico, Cuba for Covid-19 vaccine talks

24-05-2021 15:43 Two key officials in Alberto Fernández’s government are travelling to Mexico and Cuba for talks over arrival of new vaccines against Covid-19.

Global pandemic

Slow vaccine rollout hits Latin America as Covid-19 claims million lives

22-05-2021 09:48 While Chile and Uruguay are making great strides in their immunisation programmes, the rollout in Brazil and Argentina remains slow.

copa américa

Colombia president appeals to football body over Copa América axing

22-05-2021 09:44 Iván Duque on Friday appealed to CONMEBOL over its decision to bar the country from hosting the Copa América tournament after social unrest swept the nation.

LABOUR TENSIONS

Unions demanding vaccines strike at Argentina's soy ports

20-05-2021 11:23 Trade unions go on strike, the latest in a string of protests by workers demanding vaccination against Covid-19.

VACCINE DIPLOMACY

Putin hails relationship with Argentina, says Sputnik deliveries will continue

18-05-2021 14:52 "Regular supplies of the vaccine to Argentina have been organised," says Russian leader.

COVID-19 VACCINES

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

17-05-2021 15:15 G7 and EU nations can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising their own objectives, UNICEF said Monday.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Coronavirus and conflict threaten Copa América one month out

13-05-2021 16:19 With the Copa América due to begin in one month, uncertainty remains over whether it will actually go ahead as hosts Argentina and Colombia struggle respectively with the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest.

News of vaccine

More than half of population now vaccinated with one dose

Government struggles to fully vaccinate population as deaths rise

President Fernández signs decree to speed up access to vaccines

Venezuela deploys Cuban vaccines as WHO urges caution

Government preps decree to enable arrival of Pfizer, Moderna and Janssen vaccines

In Latin America, Covid-19 hits pregnant women hard

Germany's CureVac Covid vaccine just 48% effective

Laboratorios Richmond set to begin manufacturing Sputnik V second doses

New claims of Covid vaccine graft in Brazil

Argentina reaches 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered

Russia confirms Sputnik V second doses will arrive next week

Sydney residents banned from leaving city as coronavirus cluster grows

Biden details latest vaccine donations, delays June target

Laboratorios Richmond says first 450,000 doses of Sputnik jab are ready

Rodríguez gives Argentina Copa edge in tense derby win over Uruguay

Controversial Copa América fails to captivate Brazilians

CFK tells media to leave ‘vaccines and pandemic out of political disputes’

Copa América rocked by Venezuela Covid outbreak on eve of opener

Copa América limps to start line despite pandemic

G7 leaders pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries

Government hopes to ramp up vaccination amid opposition criticism

US to 'supercharge' pandemic fight with 500-million-dose vaccine donation

Brazil's players say 'against Copa América' but won't boycott event

Brazil's Supreme Court to consider halting Copa América

Watch out for superbugs while travelling abroad, study says

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

Argentina set to receive Sputnik vaccine's active ingredient from Russia

AFA confirms Albiceleste will participate in Copa América

More than three million vaccines arrive, Pfizer controversy rages on

CONMEBOL pushes panic button, moves Copa América to Brazil

Fernández, Putin confirm production of Sputnik vaccine in Argentina

Buenos Aires Province agrees to buy 10 million doses of Covaxin vaccine

Vaccines and votes – two V-words for V-signs

Argentina formally starts producing Russia’s Sputnik vaccine

Chile limits use of AstraZeneca after clot case

Cuba receives syringes and needles from Argentine NGOs

Brazil races clock, chaos to pull off Copa América

More than 2.1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrive at Ezeiza

Vizzotti, Nicolini meets with Cuban leader for Covid-19 vaccine talks

Argentina pushes CONMEBOL for guarantees ahead of Copa América

Chile rolls out mobility pass for the vaccinated

Covax delivery: 657,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Argentina

Six Latin American, Caribbean heads call for equitable vaccine access

Officials head to Mexico, Cuba for Covid-19 vaccine talks

Slow vaccine rollout hits Latin America as Covid-19 claims million lives

Colombia president appeals to football body over Copa América axing

Unions demanding vaccines strike at Argentina's soy ports

Putin hails relationship with Argentina, says Sputnik deliveries will continue

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

Coronavirus and conflict threaten Copa América one month out

Blue dollar rises to 185, highest price since October

Sputniks, dollars and justice: three things we’re missing

Mariano Macri: ‘Unmasking Mauricio is fundamental for me’

Porno-politics and Argentina’s digital rumour mill

More than half of population now vaccinated with one dose

"Kirchneristas vergonzantes": Alfredo Leuco se enojó con Tenembaum y Sietecase

Emilce, la argentina que será compañera de la hija de Máxima de Holanda

Elecciones legislativas: las sorpresas de último minuto en el cierre de las listas

Otra encuesta alerta sobre el crecimiento de "los desencantados con la grieta y la política"

Vidal camina en silencio para reencantar a los porteños