Survey: Brazil Is World’s Second-most Willing Country to Be Immunized
China tops the list of countries where people are most likely to be vaccinated (80%), ahead of Brazil (78%) and...
December 30, 2020Section
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Chile Could Greenlight AstraZeneca Vaccine “Within Days of US/UK Approval”
AstraZeneca has filed data with Chilean regulators for the emergency roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccine in the country and could...
December 29, 2020
W.H.O.: Planet Unprepared for Future Pandemics, Which May Be More Deadly
"This pandemic was not the 'big one'. It was a wake-up call for us to invest more in science, logistics,...
December 29, 2020
South Africa Says Its Coronavirus Variant No More Dangerous Than UK Strain
South African Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize replied to his British counterpart Matt Hancock and said on Friday that there is...
December 26, 2020
Honduras Restricts UK, South African Travelers due to new Coronavirus Strain
Honduras on Wednesday, December 23rd, began to restrict entry of travelers from the United Kingdom and South Africa, where a...
December 24, 2020
Ecuador Applies Antigen Tests to Travelers from Britain, Australia, South Africa, EU
Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday, December 23rd, more than 400 antigen tests to detect the COVID-19 pandemic have...
December 24, 2020
W.H.O. Says No Need for Alarm Over New Coronavirus Strain
The World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has...
December 22, 2020
Another Coronavirus Mutation Detected in South Africa
The variant is different from that found in the United Kingdom; experts say that the second wave in the country...
December 22, 2020
Brazilian Elite Among World’s Least Value-Generating – Swiss Research Study
The Brazilian elite is among the world's least value-generating to society.
December 9, 2020