Half of Covid-19 deaths in Brazil are due to inequality – Imperial College London
The severity of Covid-19 infection, caused by new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (e.g., Gamma), was not the leading cause...
October 22, 2021Topic
Latin America Covid-19
Disagreement in Panama over effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines
An intense debate on the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccines is taking place today in Panama among doctors and others,
October 5, 2021
Brazil sees slowdown in Covid-19 cases for first time in 8 months
For the first time in eight months, Brazil sees covid-19 cases slowing down steadily. Since November last year, the country...
July 17, 2021
Only 1 in 10 Latin Americans is vaccinated, plus other key Covid-19 facts in the Americas (June 18)
In Latin America and the Caribbean, only one in 10 people are vaccinated against covid-19 even though cases continue to...
June 18, 2021
Latin America spent 4.6% of GDP in 2020 on aid to tackle the crisis – report
Latin America, the region most affected in the world by the pandemic, allocated in 2020 on average 4.6% of its...
April 21, 2021
The Americas, now in intensive care due to new wave from Brazil to Colombia or Ecuador
In the midst of the intense vaccination campaigns imposed by the different governments in the American countries, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador,...
April 16, 2021
“Sell the house”: Latin Americans beg and borrow to pay COVID-19 debts
Sandra Contreras, camped outside Lima’s Villa el Salvador hospital, is running out of funds to pay for her mother’s COVID-19...
March 8, 2021
Covid-19: Brazil Will Only Achieve Herd Immunity After United States, Says Expert
So says Rasmus Bech Hansen, CEO of the British scientific data analysis consultancy Airfinity. "This is because the region has...
December 21, 2020