Turkey Halts Flights From Brazil due to new COVID-19 Variant
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that Turkey has temporarily halted flights from Brazil due to the rise in the...
January 24, 2021Section
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South African Variant of Covid Possibly Detected in Cuba
"An asymptomatic traveler was detected through surveillance in ports and airports …, " Dr. María Guadalupe Guzmán from the Pedro...
January 23, 2021
Germany Rejects Argentina’s Claim on Falklands Recognition
Germany on Friday rejected a claim by Argentina that a request by airline Lufthansa to fly over Argentina en route...
January 23, 2021
Argentina Hails German Falklands Travel Request as Support for Sovereignty Claim
The German airline Lufthansa has asked the Argentine government for permission to overfly its country en route to the Falklands,...
January 22, 2021
Coronavirus: Peru Detects Amazonas Variant Within its Territory
The Amazonas variant, a new mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus originating in Manaus (Brazil) and different from those in the...
January 21, 2021
Covid-19 Variants: Angola Imposes Tests on Travelers From S. Africa, Brazil, Portugal
Portuguese speaking Angola has imposed fresh restrictions on air travel passengers to prevent the importation of the coronavirus variants. On...
January 21, 2021
Brazil Detects First Case of Sars-CoV-2 Reinfection by South African Variant
Brazilian researchers have recorded the first case of reinfection caused by the South African variant of Sars-CoV-2. The finding was...
January 20, 2021
UK Bans Arrivals From South America Over Brazil Coronavirus Variant
Britain will ban arrivals from South American countries and Portugal because of concerns over a new Brazilian variant of the...
January 14, 2021
Brazil Confirms Circulation of New Coronavirus Variant in Amazon Region
It is the same variant that arrived in Japan after four Japanese travellers visited the Brazilian Amazon region and, according...
January 14, 2021