In Latin American first, Argentina to produce Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina will be the first Latin American country to produce Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine,…
4 years ago
South America
In Brazil, graveyard shift reveals staggering cost of pandemic
by Paula RAMON Agence France Presse SAO Paulo, Brazil (AFP) -- In almost three decades of working in Sao…
4 years ago
Sao Paulo reopens businesses as Brazil battles pandemic
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Sao Paulo will allow businesses and places of worship to reopen from Sunday, the…
4 years ago
China’s Coronavac 80% effective at preventing Covid deaths: Chile results
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- China's Coronavac vaccine was 67 percent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 and 80 percent at preventing…
4 years ago
Brazil’s Bolsonaro promises Biden to end deforestation, seeks financial help
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- President Jair Bolsonaro wrote a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden pledging to end illegal…
4 years ago
Sao Paulo hit by shortage of intubation drugs
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Public hospitals are critically short on the drugs needed to intubate Covid-19 patients in Sao…
4 years ago
Peru elects president amid deadly coronavirus surge
by Francisco JARA and Christian SIERRA Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru voted for a new president Sunday,…
4 years ago
Argentine president tests positive for Covid-19
BUENOS AIRES, Argentine (AFP) -- Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, who has been vaccinated against Covid-19, announced late Friday that he…
4 years ago
Severe virus curbs in South America as WHO blasts EU vaccine rollout
by AFP Bureaus SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- South American nations severely tightened coronavirus travel curbs including shutting their borders with…
4 years ago
More than 80% of intubated Covid patients die in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- More than 80 percent of Covid-19 patients who have to be intubated in…
4 years ago
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