Uruguay watches its pockets as pandemic spreads poverty
The Covid-19 pandemic added 100,000 to the number of poor people in Uruguay, a country known for its social policies...
May 6, 2021Section
Covid-19
Paraguay “disputes” with Uruguay Latin America’s highest Covid death rate
The Health Surveillance Directorate's epidemiological projections point to even gloomier days in terms of Covid infections and deaths.
May 6, 2021
Covid-19: São Paulo announces vaccination for pregnant women and disabled people
Pregnant and postpartum women, disabled people, and people with comorbidities will be vaccinated against Covid-19 as of next week in...
May 6, 2021
Argentina reports 663 deaths, highest daily number since start of pandemic (May 5)
Argentina reported on Wednesday 663 new deaths from the coronavirus, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic and...
May 6, 2021
Costa Rica sets record for number of hospitalized in its worst moment of the pandemic
Costa Rican authorities counted this Wednesday 1,123 people hospitalized by covid-19, of which 405 are in intensive care units, in...
May 6, 2021
Guatemala adds 36 more deaths due to Covid-19 and 1,194 new infections
Guatemalan health authorities reported on Wednesday another 36 deaths due to covid-19 and 1,194 new infections in the last 24...
May 6, 2021
With 2,791 new deaths, Brazil completes 50 days with an average of more than 2,000 (May 5)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the last week alone, 2,329 people died as a result of covid-19 in Brazil....
May 5, 2021
Brazil’s Senate CPI deputy chair says summoning economy minister Guedes is inevitable
Vice president of the Pandemic CPI, Randolfe Rodrigues, says summoning of economy minister Paulo Guedes by the committee is inevitable.
May 5, 2021
Brazil’s service sector contraction deepens in April with output at 9-month low – PMI survey
Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey points to largest contraction in output of services sector due to worsening of Covid-19 pandemic
May 5, 2021