Venezuela to begin vaccination against Covid-19 between December and January
Istoé - Brasil - 21/10/2020
Passenger refuses to wear mask and punches flight attendant while boarding plane
IstoÉ - Brasil - 21/10/2020
A female passenger who refused to wear the safety mask correctly was recorded by a BBC reporter punching a flight attendant in the face before being taken off the flight.
Journalist Suzanne Kianpour shared the video through her Instagram. In the published content, it is…
Brazil registers stability in deaths due to Covid-19. Total deaths reaches 154.8 thousand
IstoÉ - Brasil - 21/10/2020
The survey made by press outlets pointed out on Tuesday (20) that Brazil recorded 662 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, which led the country to a moving average of 546 deaths in the last seven days.
The data record that there was no significant decrease or…
Chinese province registers three cases imported from Portugal
TSF - Portugal - 20/10/2020
Shaanxi province, in central China, registered three cases of covid-19 on Friday, all Chinese citizens returned to the country through Lisbon airport.
According to the Shaanxi Provincial Health Commission, on Friday (October 17) two Chinese, one 47 years old and another…
Cape Verde received 19 million euros in European Union support
Lusa - Cape Verde - 20/10/2020
The European Union has given Cape Verde almost €19 million for emergency measures and economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the European Union (EU) ambassador in Cape Verde, Sofia Moreira de Sousa, the first disbursement took place in April…
Cruise industry seeks to stay afloat in a pandemic-scarred world
Shanghai Daily - China - 20/10/2020
Many cruise operators are planning a gradual return to sailing, with a watchful eye on the China market and new global outbreaks of Covid-19.
Domestic tourism in China is showing a strong recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, but its spill-over effect on the cruise…
Travel restrictions in Europe impacting tourism in Africa
Lusa - International - 20/10/2020
European countries’ travel restrictions related to the covid-19 pandemic could cause the African continent to lose 17.4 million jobs and 102 billion euros by the end of the year, according to a report by the Tony Blair Institute.
The report estimates the economic…
Lower Covid-19 lethality raises doubts about confinement, says epidemiologist
Plataforma - Macau - 20/10/2020
Stanford’s John Ioannidis says data on benefits of constraints is missing and decisions need to consider uncertainties
There are still important unanswered questions about Covid-19, but we’ve made enough progress to avoid measures of social restriction as much…
António Guterres: “Pandemic is a test that the international community is failing”
Lusa - Portugal - 17/10/2020
The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrated the “fragility” of the world and is being “a great challenge” for everyone, but unfortunately it is “a test” that the international community “is failing”, the secretary general of the UN, António Guterres.
“The…
Chinese mainland reports 13 new imported Covid-19 cases
Xinhua - China - 17/10/2020
No new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases were reported on Friday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.
A total of 13 confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported, the commission said in its daily report.
One…
21 more dead and new record for coronavirus infections in Portugal
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 16/10/2020
There are 21 more deaths from covid-19 and a new record of infections by the new coronavirus – 2608. In the last 24 hours, 985 more patients have recovered and hospitals have hospitalized more than 1,000 people.
It is the third day in a row with more than two…
