SUCRE – Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez is self-isolating but is “asymptomatic” after testing positive for the coronavirus, her personal doctor announced on Friday. The 53-year-old, a candidate the September 6 presidential elections, is isolating […]
ROME – Italy has banned travelers from Brazil and 12 other countries it considers to pose a high risk of Covid-19 transmission. The full list comprises Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, […]
BRASILIA – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday announced live on television that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “It came back positive,” Bolsonaro told a hand-picked group of reporters on Tuesday outside […]
SANTIAGO – Chile on Monday surpassed France to become the sixth country with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. The South American country now has 298,557 cases of COVID-19 at the time […]
LA PAZ – Bolivian Health Minister Eydi Roca has tested positive for the coronavirus, President Jeanine Anez said on Sunday. “My support for the Minister of Health, who tested positive for COVID-19. The fight against […]
SANTIAGO – A public opinion poll released on Friday revealed that Chilean President Sebastián Piñera fell “significantly” in his discharge, registering 17%, seven points less than the previous month. Piñera’s rejection levels increased nine points […]
Khawaja Dawood/The Santiago Times Special Correspondent NEW DELHI – India on Sunday recorded the third highest coronavirus caseload in the world, overtaking Russia. The South Asian country now has 6,97,096 coronavirus cases at the time […]
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile has exceeded 6,190 deaths from coronavirus and recorded a spike in daily infections by reporting more than 3,750 new patients, according to the latest government balance on […]
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Covid-19 deaths rose by 741 to reach 28,510, leading the country to overtake Spain and have the world’s sixth deadliest outbreak, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday […]
By Devika Agarwal While COVID-19 has made the headlines every day over the past two months, services for tuberculosis (TB), one of the oldest diseases in the world, have been interrupted due to the lockdown. According to the […]
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