The economy of Latin America and the Caribbean may take “more than five years” to regain pre-pandemic levels, which have substantially increased poverty and left an “increasingly precarious situation for the middle class,” said the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The acting director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, Nigel Chalk, commented today on the regional […]
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IMF sees tighter monetary policy in Latin America even as economies struggle
Interest rate increases would continue in Latin America as the region reacts to inflationary pressures, even as economies are operating below their potential, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “These interest rate hikes are likely to continue in many countries in the coming months, and if there are signs that inflation expectations are less well […]
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Highly Effective in Adolescents
The vaccine COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech is highly effective in teenagers, according to a study focused on delta variant SARS-CoV-2 and showing that in fully vaccinated youth the risk of symptomatic disease decreased 93% compared to unvaccinated. The work is published in the magazine “The New England Journal of Medicine” with data on the adolescent population of […]
Restricting travel by type of vaccine could be discrimination, warns PAHO
Updated 10/20/2021 05:40 pm Countries should allow entry to vaccinated travelers, regardless of their type of vaccine to avoid discrimination and facilitate business, said a senior official of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). With rising vaccination rates, countries are faced with new questions about how to contain the spread of COVID-19 while easing travel […]
The ILO urges the universalization of social protection programs in Latin America
The International Labor Organization (ILO) urged Latin America to expand the coverage of its social protection programs to avoid amplifying the effects of upcoming crises, as has already happened with the pandemic of the COVID-19, where it was the most economically affected region in the world. Before the pandemic, only 56% of the inhabitants of […]
COVID-19: pregnant women depend more on the second vaccine to achieve full immunity
The pregnant women depend more on a second dose of the vaccine against the COVID-19 to achieve full immunity, according to a study published in the journal “Science Traslational Medicine.” This and other work, which appears in the same publication, find that pregnancy can affect both the way the immune system responds to COVID-19 infections […]
COVID-19: they detect a descendant of the delta variant that could be more contagious
Updated on 10/19/2021 02:15 pm The British Government confirmed that it “closely follows” the appearance of a “descendant” of the delta variant of the coronavirus, which could be between 10% and 15% more transmissible than this, which is already twice as contagious as the original SARS-CoV-2. Experts have called it “AY.4.2” and warn that its […]
From China to Nicaragua, governments used the pandemic to suppress freedom of expression
Governments around the world, from China to Russia through Nicaragua, Venezuela or Cuba, used the pandemic as a pretext to silence criticism or restrict access to information, says a report by International Amnesty posted on Tuesday. In the 38 pages of “Silenced and misinformed, freedom of expression in danger during the COVID-19″, the NGO details […]
The findings of the commission that investigated the pandemic in Brazil
The Brazilian Senate installed a commission in April to investigate possible omissions by the government of Jair Bolsonaro in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which left more than 600,000 dead in the country. In five months, lawmakers summoned dozens of witnesses and revealed a series of behind-the-scenes flaws in managing the health emergency that […]
Almost 20% of US households lost their savings during the pandemic
Updated on 10/17/2021 03:41 am For many Americans – having nowhere to go or nothing to do – the quarantines imposed by the COVID they were a time saver. But for nearly 20% of American households, the pandemic wiped out their entire financial cushion, according to the results of a survey released Tuesday. The proportion […]