Paraguay Says Offers of Chinese Vaccine Tied to Dumping Taiwan
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: 'no indication' Oxford vaccine is linked to blood clots, says EU regulator
Philippines Covid variant found in UK;France investigates possible new variant in Brittany;vaccinating pregnant women could protect babies, says Israel studyAstraZeneca jab: EU regulator ‘firmly convinced’ benefits outweigh risksChaos in Germany and Italy after suspension of Oxford vaccineFrance seeks swift safety verdict on AstraZeneca vaccineSurvey says 64% of young black people in England are ‘vaccine hesitant’See all our coronavirus coverage3.10amGMTTaiwan is helping its sole diplomatic ally in South America,Paraguay, to buy Covid vaccines, Taiwan ’s foreign ministry said, after protests in the country over t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 17, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Alison Rourke Tags: Coronavirus Vaccines and immunisation Health Science World news Source Type: news
COVID Vaccine: Ambassador of Paraguay to India requests 'COVAXIN' supply
(Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - March 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chile donates 20,000 doses of Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Ecuador
Ecuador and Paraguay have both received some 20,000 doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine from Chile, the governments of the... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Miss. radiologist dies of COVID-19
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Illegal deforestation cover up in Paraguay alleged by gov't whistleblowers: Jaguar Land Rover and BMW using products linked to the...
Senior officials with Paraguay’s Environment Ministry are helping cover up illegal deforestation by the country’s cattle industry,... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Siberia Burned. Arctic Ice Shrank. This Was the World ’s Hottest September Ever
Well, we’ve done it again. Last month was the warmest September on record, blazing past September 2019’s record global average by 0.05°C, and 2016’s by 0.08°C, according to the latest report from the European Commission-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which tracks global climate trends.
If you’re not surprised given past trends, you’re not alone. “In a way it would have been more surprising if suddenly we had seen the 10th warmest September on record, instead of the warmest,” says Freja Vamborg, Senior Scientist at C3S and lead author of the report. The reco...
Source: TIME: Science - October 7, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized Londontime Source Type: news
Paraguay controls coronavirus, while its neighbors struggle
Nearby South American countries are grappling with uncontrolled spread of the novel coronavirus, but Paraguay appears to be controlling the disease (Source: ABC News: Health)
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In Paraguay's Coronavirus War, Isolation Centers Exact a Heavy Toll In Paraguay's Coronavirus War, Isolation Centers Exact a Heavy Toll
Paraguay ' s coronavirus camps, obligatory for anyone entering the South American country, have garnered praise from international health bodies for helping stem the spread of the epidemic.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - June 12, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Nearly 600 -- and counting -- U.S. health workers have died of COVID-19
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 11, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
In Paraguay's coronavirus war, isolation centers exact a heavy toll
Paraguay's coronavirus camps, obligatory for anyone entering the South American country, have garnered praise from international health bodies for helping stem the spread of the epidemic. The government calls them the "first line of defense". (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Coronavirus Leads to Nosedive in Remittances in Latin America
Remittances now account for an important portion of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean and support millions of families, so the drop in this source of income is shaking the economies of many countries and deepening poverty in the region. CREDIT: World BankBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, May 18 2020 (IPS) Remittances that support millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean have plunged as family members lose jobs and income in their host countries, with entire families sliding back into poverty, as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis and global economic recession.
The region will receive a projected 77.5 ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Headlines Health Human Rights Labour Latin America & the Caribbean Migration & Refugees Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories Coronavirus COVID-19 ECLAC Source Type: news
AP PHOTOS: Paraguay, land-locked 'ísland' amid the pandemic
Paraguay's most honored writer, Augusto Roa Bastos, called his homeland "an island surrounded by land,” and it so far has indeed seemed isolated from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping through neighboring countries.
The nation of some 7 million people has recorded only 10 deaths as it shelters behind frontiers largely closed to guard against the illness, its once-busy border bridges are empty save for a stray dog or two.
It has recorded fewer than 750 confirmed cases, most of those among people who were placed in mandatory quarantine for 14 days after entering from Brazil or Argentina. Some have b...
Source: ABC News: Health - May 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Paraguay plans switch to 'smart' quarantine after coronavirus curve flattens
Paraguay will ease its coronavirus lockdown in May, replacing its currently tough sanctions with a "smart quarantine" after the South American country became one of the most successful in the region to stem the spread of the pandemic. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Latin America Has Weak Defences Against the Pandemic
This article includes reporting by Ivet González in Havana, Mario Osava in Rio de Janeiro, and Orlando Milesi in Santiago.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean Population Regional Categories Coronavirus COVID-19 ECLAC Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Poverty World Health Organ Source Type: news
