Quito, April 16 (RHC)-- In Ecuador, emergency workers have collected the remains of nearly 1,900 people from hospitals and homes in the city of Guayaquil over the past two weeks. The deaths represent a fivefold increase in the city’s usual mortality rate, as hospitals are overwhelmed with hundreds of COVID-19 patients.... More
Beijing, April 16 (RHC)-- China has approved clinical trials for two experimental vaccines against the novel coronavirus. Both Chinese research teams have skipped testing on laboratory animals and are fast-tracking tests on human subjects. ... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Ohio, the head of a prison guards’ union says a fifth prisoner has died of COVID-19 at the Elkton Federal Correctional Institution, where 36 prisoners and 26 staff members have tested positive. ... More
London, April 16 (RHC)-- A WHO public health expert has warned that if the coronavirus is allowed to “march through” Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian sub-continent unarrested, the rest of the world risks being hit by repeated bouts of COVID-19.... More
Beijing, April 15 (RHC)-- Beijing has blasted U.S. President Donald Trump for cutting funds for the World Health Organization (WHO), warning it would have serious implications for the global COVID-19 response.... More
Washington, April 15 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a budget watchdog has warned that the federal budget deficit would rise by a record-smashing $3.8 trillion this year — even if lawmakers don’t pass any more stimulus bills, which they’re widely expected to do. Deficit spending is on track to top 18.7% of the U.S. gross domestic product — the highest rate since World War II.... More
Bogota, April 15 (RHC)-- In Colombia, the persecution of former combatants of the ex-guerrilla group FARC-EP persists, even though they are returning to normal life, according to the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force political party.... More
![Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, left, speaks to Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, with President Bolsonaro in the middle. (Photo: Andre Borges/AP Photo] [](https://www.radiohc.cu/articles/9214-brazi-bol-health-min.jpg "Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, left, speaks to Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, with President Bolsonaro in the middle. (Photo: Andre Borges/AP Photo] [")
Brasilia, April 16 (RHC)-- Brazil's Health Ministry has announced that Health Secretary Wanderson de Oliveira has resigned, as tensions between Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta and far-right President Jair Bolsonaro over the handling of the coronavirus crisis escalate.... More
La Paz, April 15 (RHC)-- Bolivian native organizations denounced the de facto president Jeanine Añez for discrimination against Indigenous communities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Vienna, April 15 (RHC)-- The governments of Austria, Denmark and Italy have all begun easing lockdown restrictions, allowing certain segments of the workforce to return to work in a staggered manner, in a bid to revive the countries’ ailing economies.... More
United Nations, April 15 (RHC)-- Leaders of governments and organizations around the world are calling Donald Trump's decision to cut all funding to the World Health Organzation a dangerous step in the wrong direction at a time of a pandemic health crisis.... More
Ramallah, April 15 (RHC)-- Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat says Palestine requested cooperation from Israel to combat the current COVID-19 epidemic but instead received incursions, killings and demolitions from the occupying regime.... More
Buenos Aires, April 15 (RHC)-- The coronavirus outbreak on the British-occupied Malvinas Islands -- which the UK calls Falkland Islands -- has considerably worsened following six new confirmed infections, bringing the territory’s total to 11.... More
Paris, April 15 (RHC)-- Amazon's French warehouses have been restricted to shipping essential goods only until a safety assessment can be conducted, after unions demanded the megacorporation adopt better employee protection measures.... More
Berlin, April 15 (RHC)-- A German app developer has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic gives Silicon Valley tech giants perfect cover to suck up personal data. However, while the government may intervene, the tech firms aren’t known for listening.... More
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