São Tomé receives 400.000 euros from Portugal for "Health for All" program
Lusa - Sao Tome e Principe - 21/12/2021
Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe on Monday signed a financial reinforcement of 400,000 euros for the purchase of equipment, consumables and training, under the scope of the “Health for All” programme carried out by the Marquês de Valle Flôr Institute
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US approves first rapid home Covid-19 test
AFP - International - 18/11/2020
The US issued an emergency use authorization for the first self-administered rapid coronavirus test Tuesday, as more parts of the country increase restrictions in an attempt to halt a Covid-19 surge.
The Food and Drug Administration approved a testing kit for people age…
Six more dead and 162 new infected in Portugal
Dinheiro Vivo - Portugal - 08/06/2020
There are already 1485 deaths and 34 855 cases of covid-19 in Portugal, according to data released this Monday in the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
Six more people died and 162 more cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed within…
Bacteria that causes listeriosis is controlled and eliminated in milk
Lusa - Portugal - 06/06/2020
Researchers at the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (ESB) of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Porto, managed to eliminate and control in the milk the bacteria that causes listeriosis, based on an alternative and “more environmentally friendly” method, was revealed…
Mass tests control coronavirus in Vietnam
Folha de S. Paulo - Brasil - 30/04/2020
Businessman Phan Quoc Viet said his usual prayers in Tay Ninh, a province in southern Vietnam, when he received a call from a government official.
It was late January, just after the Lunar New Year holiday. Vietnam had detected its first two cases of the new coronavirus days…
Changed alcohol to "cure" Covid-19 kills more than 700 in Iran
Istoé - Brazil - 29/04/2020
At least 728 people died in Iran after consuming an adulterated alcoholic drink that would cure the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2), informed the adviser of the country’s Ministry of Health, Hossein Hassanian.
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More than 2.9 million infected and 200 thousand dead worldwide
Lusa - Portugal - 26/04/2020
After the United States, the countries most affected are Italy, with 26,384 deaths to 195,351 cases, and Spain, with 23,190 deaths.
Over 58 pct of COVID-19 patients in Albania recovered
Xinhua - China - 24/04/2020
Over 58 percent of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Albania have recovered, doctor Eugena Tomini from the Public Health Institute told reporters on Friday.
Tomini said that 15 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours by the public health institute, of…
Number of smokers among patients with Covid-19 is less than expected
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 23/04/2020
Studies among patients with Covid-19 reveal a lower percentage than that of the general population.
Trump wishes Kim Jong-un 'the best' but says he doesn't know about his health
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 22/04/2020
North Korea's dictator is said to be hospitalized, according to information released by CNN.
