News of virus

Health authorities investigate pneumonia cluster in Argentina; three dead

02-09-2022 17:27 Illnesses have been centred around a private medical clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, located in the northwest part of the country.

HEALTH

Pneumonia of 'unknown origin' kills three in Tucumán

01-09-2022 09:39 Provincial health authorities say three people have died and four others are suffering with bilateral pneumonia. Experts rule out Covid, influenza and Hantavirus as culprits but are continuing to run more tests.

BRITISH POLITICS

Boris Johnson: the 'greased piglet' slips away again

06-06-2022 21:51 Conservative leader Boris Johnson – once described as a 'greased piglet' for his powers of political escapology – slips away again.

HEALTH

Authorities confirm first case of monkeypox in Argentina

27-05-2022 10:28 Patient is a 40-year-old male who had returned to the country from Spain. The individual has symptoms compatible with the disease, including fever and blisters on some parts of his body.

RARE DISEASE

Health Ministry probing first suspected case of monkeypox in Argentina

23-05-2022 12:26 Patient treated in Buenos Aires returned from Spain a week ago and has symptoms compatible with rare disease, including “pustules on different parts of the body and fever," according to officials.

TOURISM & TRAVEL

Chile to reopen Easter Island for tourism for first time since pandemic

22-05-2022 08:28 Popular Pacific Ocean tourist destination Easter Island will reopen to the world on August 1, after more than two years closed due to the pandemic.

covid-19

Peruvians continue to wear masks, even though it's no longer mandatory

02-05-2022 21:48 In Peru – the country with the highest death rate from Covid-19 – people have continued to use on the street to prevent contagion, despite it no longer being mandatory.

BRITISH POLITICS

Embattled UK PM Boris Johnson faces local elections test

02-05-2022 11:12 A drubbing for Boris Johnson's Conservatives in Thursday's local elections could revive calls for the under-fire leader to go.

Climate Crisis

Climate change creating new virus hotspots 'in our backyard'

30-04-2022 16:15 Climate change will drive animals towards cooler areas where their first encounters with other species will vastly increase the risk of new viruses infecting humans, raising the threat of another pandemic, researchers warned Thursday.

UK POLITICS

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson fined by police over 'Partygate'

12-04-2022 11:12 Calls for resignation as Downing Street reveals UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other top officials are to be fined for breaching Covid-19 lockdown laws and attending gatherings.

Coronavirus pandemic

'New wave of Covid cases' still a possibility, warns City health minister

11-04-2022 18:47 Quizzed about evolution of Covid in the capital, Buenos Aires City Health Minister Fernán Quirós recommends porteños continue to use facemasks in enclosed spaces.

Border problem resolved

Chile, Argentina reach agreement to unblock truck queue at border crossing

31-01-2022 15:02 A long and lengthy queue of trucks at the border between Argentina and Chile was unblocked on Sunday, after both countries reached an agreement to relax Covid-19 health controls that had delayed some 3,000 vehicles for almost two weeks.

BRITISH POLITICS

UK PM apologises as 'partygate' report condemns 'failures of leadership'

31-01-2022 14:44 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologises after his government was criticised for "failures of leadership and judgment" in allowing lockdown-breaching parties at Downing Street.

BREXIT BORIS ON WAY OUT?

UK PM Johnson promises cooperation as police probe 'partygate' scandals

25-01-2022 19:10 Allegations that a string of parties were held at Downing Street while the rest of the country abided by the rules have caused the worst crisis in Boris Johnson's tenure, threatening his premiership.

Coronavirus pandemic

Nine evacuated as Covid-19 hits Antarctic research base

21-01-2022 02:56 For the first time since the start of the pandemic the coronavirus has reached an Argentine research base in Antarctica, causing the evacuation of nine unvaccinated staff who tested positive for Covid-19.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Covid tests spark Argentine supply chain fears over border queues

18-01-2022 22:11 Up to 2,000 trucks are backed up at Argentina's main border crossing with Chile due to tougher Covid-19 testing requirements.

Global pandemic

European Union takes Argentina off eased travel list

17-01-2022 15:22 European Union takes Australia, Canada and Argentina off its recommended list of countries from where travellers, even those unvaccinated, should be allowed easy entry.

Coronavirus pandemic

Third wave batters Argentina, breaking Covid records

07-01-2022 22:18 More than 110,000 infections over the past 24 hours; Health Ministry posts record-breaking number of new cases for fourth straight day.

Coronavirus pandemic

Health Ministry reports record Covid cases for third straight day

07-01-2022 02:02 Argentina posted a record number of Covid-19 cases for a third consecutive day as the Omicron variant surges across Latin America.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records highest daily Covid tally in four months

21-12-2021 21:08 Health Ministry reports 9,336 infections over last 24 hours – highest daily tally in Argentina since mid-August.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid cases in Argentina up fivefold in just a month

20-12-2021 20:00 Confirmed cases were up 75.78% over the past week and have risen fivefold over the past month, reaching just over 5,300 on Monday.

Coronavirus pandemic

Officials preach caution as Argentina sees rise in infections

15-12-2021 14:56 Argentina's Health Ministry reported 4,555 new cases on Tuesday – the highest daily figure since September and a rise of more than 1,000 on the previous day.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Virus fears sweep Córdoba as Omicron arrives in Argentina

10-12-2021 23:20 Individual, who entered country on December 2, tests positive and infects eight others, with health officials awaiting confirmation that strain is Omicron.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil reports Latin America's first Omicron cases

01-12-2021 13:14 Brazilian authorities report discovery of two "preliminary" cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in two travellers arriving from South Africa and another from Ethiopia.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine woman whose HIV vanished gives hope for finding elusive cure

17-11-2021 15:50 Thirty-year-old mother from Esperanza, Santa Fe Province, has the clinical features of an HIV “elite controller” – meaning her infection has been undetectable for years.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro

27-10-2021 12:42 A Brazilian Senate commission approved a damning report on Tuesday that recommends criminal charges be brought against President Jair Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity, for his Covid policies.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

20-10-2021 13:20 Senate committee in Brazil recommends that President Jair Bolsonaro face at least 10 charges, including crimes against humanity, over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

Darkest days of Covid crisis remain fresh in the memory for many

15-10-2021 15:59 Coronavirus infections and fatalities are down in Argentina and intensive care units are getting emptier. Yet the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic are indelible memories for doctors, nurses and recovered patients.

PROFILE

Gravedigger and philosopher: the double life of Osmair Candido

11-10-2021 21:34 For Osmair Candido, who has worked as a gravedigger for the past 30 years, the pandemic was worse than a nightmare, an ordeal the Brazilian overcame only with the help of a few old friends – Kierkegaard, Kant and Nietzsche.

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

IMF: Inequality, inflation hurting pandemic recovery

05-10-2021 12:25 Global economic bounceback from the Covid-19 crisis will downshift this year as countries struggle with rising prices, high debt loads and divergent recoveries, warns IMF.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Brazil's health minister tests positive for Covid-19 at UN gathering

22-09-2021 10:06 Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday after attending the UN General Assembly in New York.

EDUCATION

UNICEF: Two in three LatAm kids still not back in classroom

20-09-2021 14:39 Two out of three children in Latin America and the Caribbean have not returned to the classroom after months of coronavirus lockdown, the United Nations has warned.

FOOTBALL FIXTURE PILE-UP

South America to cram in extra World Cup qualifier in October

14-09-2021 11:49 South American national teams will again be asked to play an extra round of World Cup qualifiers in the upcoming international window, continental governing body CONMEBOL said on Monday.

9/11: 20 YEARS ON

Pandemic gives 9/11 conspiracists fresh impetus

11-09-2021 00:01 Twenty years after al-Qaeda terrorists flew two hijacked aircraft into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, conspiracy theorists are more emboldened than ever.

POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC

Pandemic pushes new homeless onto São Paulo's streets

29-08-2021 10:33 São Paulo is facing a homelessness crisis, as recent prices become too heavy of a burden for an increasingly impoverished population.

Covid-19 vaccines

Pfizer-BioNTech ink vaccine deal with Brazil manufacturer

26-08-2021 14:42 Production will start next year and at full capacity will produce 100 million finished doses.

Covid-19 vaccines

Argentina starts distributing version of local Sputnik vaccine

12-08-2021 16:32 Argentina on Thursday began distributing the first batch of more than one million doses of the Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine produced domestically.

VACCINE DIPLOMACY

Russia’s global vaccine ambitions stumble during supply shortage

30-07-2021 17:09 The Kremlin’s ambitions to win soft-power dividends around the world from Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine are being hampered by delays in delivering Sputnik V to foreign buyers clamouring for supplies.

Global pandemic

Biden steps up efforts to fight virus surge fuelled by Delta variant

30-07-2021 02:27 Biden steps up actions to combat the spread of Covid-19's surging Delta variant, asking every US federal worker to either declare they are fully vaccinated or wear masks and be tested.

Copa América

Martínez the hero as Argentina seal Copa América final clash with Brazil

07-07-2021 00:23 Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez saves three spot-kicks as Argentina clinch dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Colombia after 1-1 draw, setting up a mouth-watering Copa América final against Brazil on Saturday.

Copa América

Argentina, Chile through to Copa América quarter-finals

22-06-2021 10:31 Albiceleste secures second win in three group matches, beating Paraguay 1-0, with Alejandro 'Papu' Gómez scoring the sole goal of a lacklustre match in Brasilia in the ninth minute.

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.

Global pandemic

Gasping for oxygen amid shortages in Bolivian city battling Covid

15-06-2021 13:24 Cochabamba department, in central Bolivia, is struggling with a surge in Covid-19 cases that has triggered the collapse of a fragile healthcare system and has prompted a dire shortage of medical oxygen.

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.

copa américa

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.

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Brazil Supreme Court allows Copa América to go ahead

11-06-2021 00:41 Brazil's highest court rules country can host the Copa América despite the coronavirus pandemic, clearing the way for the troubled football tournament to kick off.

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.

copa américa

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.

News of virus

Health authorities investigate pneumonia cluster in Argentina; three dead

Pneumonia of 'unknown origin' kills three in Tucumán

Boris Johnson: the 'greased piglet' slips away again

Authorities confirm first case of monkeypox in Argentina

Health Ministry probing first suspected case of monkeypox in Argentina

Chile to reopen Easter Island for tourism for first time since pandemic

Peruvians continue to wear masks, even though it's no longer mandatory

Embattled UK PM Boris Johnson faces local elections test

Climate change creating new virus hotspots 'in our backyard'

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson fined by police over 'Partygate'

'New wave of Covid cases' still a possibility, warns City health minister

Chile, Argentina reach agreement to unblock truck queue at border crossing

UK PM apologises as 'partygate' report condemns 'failures of leadership'

UK PM Johnson promises cooperation as police probe 'partygate' scandals

Nine evacuated as Covid-19 hits Antarctic research base

Covid tests spark Argentine supply chain fears over border queues

European Union takes Argentina off eased travel list

Third wave batters Argentina, breaking Covid records

Health Ministry reports record Covid cases for third straight day

Argentina records highest daily Covid tally in four months

Covid cases in Argentina up fivefold in just a month

Officials preach caution as Argentina sees rise in infections

Virus fears sweep Córdoba as Omicron arrives in Argentina

Brazil reports Latin America's first Omicron cases

Argentine woman whose HIV vanished gives hope for finding elusive cure

Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

Darkest days of Covid crisis remain fresh in the memory for many

Gravedigger and philosopher: the double life of Osmair Candido

IMF: Inequality, inflation hurting pandemic recovery

Brazil's health minister tests positive for Covid-19 at UN gathering

UNICEF: Two in three LatAm kids still not back in classroom

South America to cram in extra World Cup qualifier in October

Pandemic gives 9/11 conspiracists fresh impetus

Pandemic pushes new homeless onto São Paulo's streets

Pfizer-BioNTech ink vaccine deal with Brazil manufacturer

Argentina starts distributing version of local Sputnik vaccine

Russia’s global vaccine ambitions stumble during supply shortage

Biden steps up efforts to fight virus surge fuelled by Delta variant

Martínez the hero as Argentina seal Copa América final clash with Brazil

Argentina, Chile through to Copa América quarter-finals

Rodríguez gives Argentina Copa edge in tense derby win over Uruguay

Controversial Copa América fails to captivate Brazilians

Gasping for oxygen amid shortages in Bolivian city battling Covid

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

Brazil Supreme Court allows Copa América to go ahead

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

Brazil's Supreme Court to consider halting Copa América

Italy takes step into unknown with far-right win

Fernández de Kirchner makes her defence in public works graft trial

Luis Moreno Ocampo: ‘Death cannot be a political weapon’

A Holy War is raging between Google, Facebook, and the media industry

Drought, soaring fertiliser costs push Argentine farmers to grow more soy

Leonardo Fariña criticó la defensa de Cristina Kirchner y puso en duda el atentado

Un duro de 47 años, militante del PO, pone en jaque a la industria del neumático

Qué pasará con la ciudadanía italiana tras el triunfo de la ultraderecha en Italia

Patricia Bullrich: "¿Si me ofendí por lo que me dijo Cristina del vino? Brindemos por Mendoza y San Juan"

Se recalienta la interna en Juntos por el Cambio: halcones cruzaron a Manes