Geneva, April 21 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization chief warned Monday that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, reviving the alarm just as many countries ease restrictive measures aimed at reducing its spread.... More
New York, April 20 (RHC)-- Over 40,000 people in the U.S. have now died of COVID-19 — almost double last week’s death toll — with over three-quarters of a million confirmed cases of the virus. ... More
Washington, April 20 (RHC)-- Thousands of anti-quarantine protesters continue to defy social distancing orders to protest around the United States. Protests have taken place in Texas, Indiana, New Hampshire, Nevada, Maryland, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington and Colorado. ... More
Rome, April 20 (RHC)-- In Europe, Italy recorded its lowest daily death toll in a week as leaders weigh whether they will start significantly lifting restrictions in two weeks, when the current lockdown order expires. Italy has recorded the highest number of deaths after the U.S., at over 23,000. ... More
Lima, April 20 (RHC)-- Peru is being “cautious” in not disclosing the flight path of a plane loaded with COVID-19 testing kits, its disease response chief has said, with the U.S. accused of “confiscating” supplies meant for other nations.... More
Quito, April 20 (RHC)-- The deaths and confirmed cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America continued to increase over the weekend, with Brazil, Ecuador and Chile being the countries most affected by the virus in the region.... More
Bogota, April 20 (RHC)-- Colombia’s National Agrarian Coordinator (CNA) denounced that social leader Teodomiro Sotelo was assassinated over the weekend while working on his farm in the El Tambo municipality.... More
Buenos Aires, April 20 (RHC)-- Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales has denounced that the police entered the Cochabamba Department without taking due sanitary precautions and challenging the local population, which expelled several officers from the Shinahota Municipality.... More
Lagos, April 20 (RHC)-- Abba Kyari, the trusted chief of staff to Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has died from complications related to COVID-19 after a nearly month-long battle with the virus.... More
Berlin, April 20 (RHC)-- Hundreds of activists gathered in central Berlin, defying government COVID-19 lockdown measures and arguing the state is heading for “authoritarian rule.” The gathering was met with a strong police response.... More
Baghdad, April 20 (RHC)-- An Iraqi legislator has denounced the continued presence of U.S. troops in Iraq as a “form of occupation,” calling on the Baghdad government to inform the parliament about the number of the American forces and their function.... More
Geneva, April 20 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that there are three vaccines in the process of being clinically tested to see if they are effective in neutralizing COVID-19.... More
Brasilia, April 20 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has called for the reopening of the country’s borders, as he pushes to restart South America’s largest economy. Still, he conceded he might be blamed if the new coronavirus outbreak worsens as a result.... More
New York, April 20 (RHC)-- In the U.S, the African-American community is more vulnerable to COVID-19, according to social and demographic studies on the virus.... More
Santiago de Chile, April 20 (RHC)-- The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Friday that the country has registered 9,252 cases of COVID-19, with 116 deaths. The ministry's undersecretary of assistance networks, Arturo Zuniga, told a press conference that 385 patients are currently in intensive care units, 316 of whom are on ventilators, with 97 in critical condition.... More
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