COVID-19 cases worsen in Latin America, no end in sight – health agency
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Cases of COVID-19 may be declining in North America but in most of Latin America and the Caribbean the end to the coronavirus pandemic “remains a distant future”, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. While infections in the United States, Canada and Mexico are falling, in Latin America and the Caribbean […]
COVID-19 deaths in Latin America surpass one million as outbreak worsens
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilReuters The death toll from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean passed one million people on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic worsening in the part of the world with the highest per capita death rate. From the dusty highlands of Bolivia to the Brazilian metropolis of São […]
No-where as worrisome for COVID-19 as South America, Brazil especially concerning – Pan American Health official
Bogota, ColombiaReuters South America is now the most worrying region for COVID-19 infections, as cases mount in nearly every country, the director of the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. “No-where are infections as worrisome as in South America,” Director Carissa Etienne said during a weekly news conference. Senior citizens wait to receive a […]
No-where as worrisome for COVID-19 infections as South America, Brazil concerning: PAHO
Bogota, ColombiaReuters South America is the most worrying region for COVID-19 infections, as cases mount in nearly every country, the director of the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. “No-where are infections as worrisome as in South America”, Director Carissa Etienne said during a weekly press conference. Senior citizens wait to receive a dose […]
WHO says the Americas are new COVID-19 epicenter as deaths surge in Latin America
Brasilia, BrazilReuters The Americas have emerged as the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said in a Tuesday briefing, as a US study forecast deaths surging in Brazil and other Latin American countries through August. “Now is not the time for countries to ease restrictions,” Carissa Etienne, WHO director for the […]
As the climate shifts, Central America confronts a deadly dengue outbreak
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Central America is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in decades – and scientists say the disease is likely to spread and become more frequent in the future due to climate change. Worst hit is Honduras where about 109 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease have been recorded, many among […]
Domestic violence rates fall in parts of Latin America – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Domestic violence against women may have declined over the past 20 years in seven countries in the Americas, though the problem remains rife and undermines development in the region, the Pan-American Health Organization said last week. Domestic violence, including physical and sexual abuse against women, carried out by former or current boyfriends […]
Paraguay declared malaria free amid concerns the disease rising again
Thomson Reuters Foundation Paraguay is officially free of malaria, the World Health Organization said on Monday, making it the first country in the Americas in 45 years to have wiped out the deadly disease which is back on the rise globally. Nearly half a million people – most of them babies and children in Africa […]