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Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:41:00 GMTAnvisa expected to decide Monday on fate of Sputnik V vaccine in Brazil
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will evaluate this coming week the feasibility of importing the Russian-manufactured Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19.
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:56:00 GMT
Cabify set to quit Brazil by June 14 citing lack of profitability
The passenger transport app Cabify Friday announced it will be dropping all operations in Brazil by June 14 due to lack of profitability and the serious health crisis in the country.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 04:38:00 GMT
Brazil, Judge orders beaches and bars of Rio de Janeiro must go back to business as usual
The beaches of Rio de Janeiro were allowed to start welcoming visitors again since Wednesday, following a court order which found Mayor Eduardo Paes' ban was unconstitutional.
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:39:00 GMT
Vaccine passport reportedly coming up in Uruguay soon but no official announcement yet
Uruguay's Tourism Minister Germán Cardoso Wednesday raised again the issue of vaccination certificates for foreign travellers to “guarantee the sanitary status” of the country.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:53:00 GMT
LATAM to resume Falkland Island routes Oct. 1, Covid-19 permitting
Further to the announcement made on 1 February, the Falkland Islands Government can confirm that commercial air links with both Chile and Brazil will remain suspended until 1 October 2021.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:35:00 GMT
Anvisa asks STF for more time to decide on the use of Sputnik V in Brazil
While Argentina has already started trials to produce the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19, Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has filed a petition before the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for addit...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:10:00 GMT
Thunberg donates € 120,000 to WHO, slams Bolsonaro for his approach at covid-19
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has donated € 120,000 to the World's Health Organization (WHO) to "buy anti-covid-19 vaccines, as part of the global effort for equitable access to vaccines for those most at risk...
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:29:00 GMT
France to impose € 1,500 fine to South American travelers who skip quarantine
A ten-day mandatory quarantine for travellers arriving into France from South America, namely from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and French Guiana as well as from South Africa, shall be effective as of this coming Saturday, said Fre...
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:45:00 GMT
Brazil's Anvisa green-lights studies of new Chinese covid-19 vaccine
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has given the green light to clinical trials on volunteers of a potential anti-Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Chinese laboratory Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals, it was ...
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:30:00 GMT
Uruguay leads freedom of press in South America; Brazil falls down to red zone in RSF ratings
With no South American country among the top 12, the Non-Government Organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF - the acronym for Reporters sans frontières) Monday lowered Brazil's freedom of the press rankings to 111th, thus ...