Bolivia surpasses 478,000 Covid cases; delayed second Russian doses arrive (August 8)
Bolivia surpassed this Sunday the 478,000 accumulated cases of covid-19. It registered 17,983 deaths on a day in which the...
August 8, 2021Topic
Bolivia coronavirus
63 Bolivian Municipalities at “High Risk” Level for COVID-19 Infections
The number of Bolivian municipalities considered at "high risk" of COVID-19 contagion rose from 24 to 63 out of a...
January 22, 2021
Bolivian President Appoints New Health Minister
Bolivian President Luis Arce on Saturday, January 16th, appointed Jeyson Auza Pinto as the new minister of health and sports,...
January 17, 2021
Bolivia’s President to Take Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine in Show of Confidence
Bolivian President Luis Arce will take the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to protect himself from the coronavirus later this month...
January 15, 2021
Bolivia Enlists Support of Military, Police to Fight Rising COVID-19 Cases
The Bolivian government said Sunday, January 3rd, that it will enlist the support of the armed forces, the police, and...
January 4, 2021
Bolivia Negotiates Acquisition of Covid-19 Vaccines with Five Companies
"There will be news in the following days", has assured the Vice Minister of Health System Management, Álvaro Terrazas, in...
January 3, 2021
Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s Largest City, Quarantines for Two Days Against Covid-19
The Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, the largest in the country, meets this first weekend of 2021 strong restrictions on...
January 2, 2021
Bolivia Signs Major Vaccine Deal for Russia’s Sputnik V
Russia’s sovereign fund, Russia Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), agreed to supply Bolivia with enough of its two-dose Sputnik V coronavirus...
December 31, 2020