US to support Haiti police and deliver aid to counter gangs
Washington DC, USReuters The United States on Wednesday said it will boost support for the Haitian police as they battle armed gangs and will speed up delivery of aid to a country suffering from crippling shortages of basic goods due to a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal. Haitian gangs have for a month […]
COVID cases rise in the Americas, nations must also monitor other viruses – PAHO
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters COVID-19 cases in the Americas increased 10.4 per cent last week from the previous one, but countries must also pay attention to a rise in other respiratory viruses in the region, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. The Americas saw 1,087,390 new COVID cases and 4,155 deaths last week. A […]
Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas, health agency says
Brasilia, BrazilReuters COVID-19 infections are reaching new peaks in the Americas with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15,000 COVID-related deaths in the last week, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. “The virus is spreading more actively than ever before,” PAHO Director Carissa Etienne told a briefing. Healthcare workers are pictured at […]
COVID-19 deaths decline 17 per cent in the Americas, says health agency
Brasilia, BrazilReuters COVID-19 deaths have decreased 17 per cent in the Americas over the past week, but the most populous countries like the United States, Brazil and Colombia are seeing a leveling of new infections after weeks of declining trends, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. Mexico is reporting an increase in new […]
In pandemic, Americas also facing crisis in routine vaccines – health group
Bogota, ColombiaReuters The Americas is facing an impending crisis in routine vaccinations because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday, and vaccinations against COVID are behind where they should be. Vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, influenza, whooping cough, tetanus and other illnesses are all likely to increase if immunisations fall, PAHO […]
Americas health agency sees COVID outbreaks continuing into 2022
Brasilia, BrazilReuters The Pan American Health Organization warned on Wednesday that countries in the region could continue to face localized COVID-19 outbreaks “well into 2022” even while deaths have fallen from their peak in January. While vaccinations are progressing, the region faces a “severe vaccine inequality problem” that will prolong the pandemic, particularly in the […]
Unvaccinated children suffering COVID impact, Americas health agency warns
Brasilia, BrazilReuters As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalisations and even deaths, the Pan American Health Organization warned on Wednesday. Nine months in to this year, infections among children and adolescents in the Americas have surpassed 1.9 […]
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 […]