Brazil’s Covid-19 strain detected in 16 Latin American countries
Scientists are still unsure if the virus strain is more aggressive, but it is indirectly leading to more deaths due...
May 17, 2021Section
Covid-19
Brazil records 1,036 new deaths and 40,941 infections (May 16)
Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by the covid-19 pandemic in the world, registered in the last 24 hours...
May 17, 2021
Colombia accumulates 3.1 million cases and more than 81,000 deaths due to Covid-19 (May 16)
Colombia added this Sunday 15,093 new infections and 520 deaths due to covid-19, bringing to 3,118,426 the number of people...
May 17, 2021
Argentina surpasses 3.3 million cases and 70,500 covid deaths (May 16)
Argentina reported this Sunday 16,350 new cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, bringing the total number of positives to 3,307,285. At...
May 16, 2021
Colombia reports 530 Covid-19 deaths, new daily death record (May 15)
Colombian health authorities reported this Saturday 530 deaths due to covid-19, a new daily death record, surpassing the figure of...
May 16, 2021Average number of Covid daily deaths in Brazil fell to lowest level in two months (May 15)
Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by covid-19 in the world, recorded in the last 24 hours 2,087 new...
May 15, 2021
Uruguay receives another 50,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Covax
The second batch of vaccines against covid-19 that Uruguay receives through the Covax mechanism of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
May 15, 2021
Brazil bans entry of passengers from India into the country
Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by the covid-19 pandemic in the world, provisionally banned entry into the country...
May 15, 2021
Four countries in the Americas have fewer than 1% vaccinated with both doses
Four countries in the Americas, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, and Venezuela, have less than 1% of their population fully vaccinated against...
May 15, 2021