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The World Health Organization said on Friday it had reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and should be able to start delivering vaccines to poor and lower-middle income countries next month under its COVAX program....
Jueves, 21/1/2021 Hola, Todos - The article yesterday about the closure of the chifa did not name the chifa, and the health inspector I talked to was in the U.S. By law, businesses under legal investigation or penalized for local violations cannot be named by the...
Americans are hitting the road again. But they’re not traveling to Chicago on business or to Las Vegas and Disney World for vacations. They’re going in search of vaccines. Frustrated by crashing appointment websites, shortages of Covid-19 shots and a patchwork of...
By Jan Walter Two out of three Latino votes went to Joe Biden in the presidential election. This is not the only reason why expectations of Joe Biden are high, however. As Barack Obama's vice president, Biden was the main emissary to Latin America, and in the early...
At the midway point, Ecuador’s 2021 presidential campaign is being panned by political analysts. In particular, they say that the debates of the last two weekends offered voters little useful information for making a decision on election day, February 7. “The next...
Miércoles, 20/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Catálogo con productos del Azuay (Catalog with Azuay products) - MIES has published "Nosotras emprendemos," a digital catalogue for women entrepreneurs who have gotten Crédito de Desarrollo...
Martes, 91/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Ingenieros alistan foro sobre consulta minera (Engineers prepare forum on mining consultation) - The Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles del Azuay (CECA) will hold a virtual forum el viernes a las...
Editor's note: The riot at the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago has ignited a debate about the role of major social media platforms as purveyors of news and other information, much of it proven to be false and incendiary. The debate focuses on social media's special...
By Liam Higgins Ecuadorians living on the country's north coast were reminded once again last week that they live in the seismically active zone known as the "ring of fire" that encircles the Pacific Ocean. Over an eight-day period, more than 100 earthquakes were...
--Sponsored post -- By Cathy McKay As we come into our "latter years," we have lots of big decisions to make. One of the biggest is where we want to spend those years? It could be abroad. Well, the time is drawing near. After working hard for what—30 or 40 years—we...
The Emergency Management Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending that governments not require travelers entering their countries to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccines until more data about the vaccine's effectiveness and the number of people...
Ecuador Health Juan Carlos Zevallos said Sunday that he does not expect to see a surge in Covid-19 cases like those being experienced in the U.S. and Europe. “The numbers of new cases increased last week but it was not the kind of spike we are seeing elsewhere,...
Lunes, 18/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada Otras cosas - Titular - Semana inicia con mira en vacunación (Week starts with a view to vaccination) - The first 15,000 doses of Covid vaccines will arrive in the country this week and vaccinations will start. Similar...
By Shivani Vora On Sunday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that, as of Tuesday, January 26, all air passengers ages two and older must show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to enter the United States. The new rule includes U.S. citizens...
By Holly Ellyatt The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines is at “serious risk.” Warning of a “catastrophic moral failure,” WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “the recent emergence of...
2020 was devastating for Cuenca businesses and although there is cautious optimism for 2021, owners and managers say significant recovery depends on the pandemic. “In September and October last year, we had good feelings for 2021 but some of those have faded,” says...
Sábado, 16/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Vanegas y Hermida a II vuelta (2nd round for Vanegas y Hermida) - Elections for rector of the U. of Cuenca will go to a 2nd round of voting between Pablo Vanegas and María Augusta Hermida on...
Pablo Escobar’s hippos are taking over the marshlands of Colombia — and need to face the same fate as their late owner before they become impossible to control, scientists have warned. The so-called “cocaine hippos” were illegally imported to the country by the...
History clearly documents that hysterical diatribe and Frankenstein mobs hoisting flag-draped pitchforks are not essential elements for improving society. It does, however, recount the litany of tragedies triggered by frenzied scrum intent on violent change. Consider...
Norway has expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine on elderly people. especially those with serious underlying health conditions, after raising their estimate of the number who died after receiving inoculations to 29. The latest figure...
