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CURRENTLY @ LATINNO As the pandemic continues to impact lives and livelihoods around the world, the effects of COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented crisis in Latin America. Brazil, for example, surpassed 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, becoming the second country in the world to do so. And while many sectors of the population have been severely impacted by the situation, women in the region have been disproportionately affected. According to a report released by ECLAC, 56.9% of ...
Read moreCurrently @ LATINNO Vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 have launched in several Latin American countries. However, the uneven allocation of vaccines threatens to prolong the pandemic in the region. Efforts to guarantee equal access to vaccines are challenged both by the difficulties that regional governments are facing to secure enough doses and by corruption scandals. This month, irregularities and nepotism became evident in Peru, Argentina and Chile, where the early vaccination of several high-ranked public officials -skipping ...
Read moreCurrently @ LATINNO The new Covid-19 strains detected in the United Kingdom, South Africa and more recently in Brazil have aggravated the ongoing pandemic. Governments around the world are struggling to contain the spread of the virus and its new variants, and are imposing more restrictive measures facing second and third waves. In Latin America, the already fragile health systems continue to face a fierce pressure, which has led to a scarcity of intensive care unit ...
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