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Minister of Health Juan Carlos Zevallos announced Monday that 5,000 to 8,000 Ecuadorian volunteers will participate in a trial for a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine. The phase 3 trial will be conducted in January. “About 50,000 Chinese have already participated in the trials and the results have been extremely promising,” Zevallos said. “The researchers are eager...
The campaign for Ecuador’s February 7 national election officially begins on Thursday. Sixteen candidates are vying for the presidency while almost a thousand are competing for 137 seats in the National Assembly. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, traditional campaign rallies with speeches and large political gatherings have been banned although motor caravans will be allowed....
By John Sinnott Golf great Greg Norman has graphically described his struggle dealing with Covid-19 symptoms after testing positive for the coronavirus. Over the Christmas period, the 65-year-old delivered three updates on Instagram after he twice went to hospital. Former world no.1 Norman first posted a picture of himself in a hospital bed on Christmas...
Although spending on most large capital projects will be reduced in 2021, funding for bike lanes and trails will increase, Cuenca’s infrastructure office said Friday. In addition to 42 new bike lanes, trails and paths, the city will make improvements to at least 70 existing bikeways. In total, $37 million has been budgeted for the...
By Nell Greenfieldboyce When Linsey Marr looks back at the beginning of 2020, what strikes her is how few people in the world really understood how viruses can travel through the air. “In the past year, we’ve come farther in understanding airborne transmission, or at least kind of beyond just the few experts who study...
Intense Saturday afternoon thunderstorms closed highways, flooded houses and destroyed vehicles and crops in areas to the east and west of Cuenca. The Cuenca-Pasaje highway connecting Azuay with El Oro Provinces was closed for two hours as three landslides blocked the roadway. As of early evening, one lane was opened to traffic. Another storm flooded...
By Stephen Vargha Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.” Cuenca’s Mauricio Bernal is proving the point by delivering Christmas to the children of rural areas of northern Azuay Province. The owner and chef of Sabatino’s Garden Restaurante, Bernal began giving...
By Adrianna Rodriguez Dr. Peter Salk vaguely remembers the day he was vaccinated against polio in 1953. His father, Dr. Jonas Salk, made history by creating the polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh and inoculated his family as soon as he felt it was safe and effective. Although the vaccine hadn’t undergone any trials...
By Joe Minihane Brilliant tour operators going out of business. Airlines reliant on government handouts. Travelers left out of pocket on canceled trips they’d spent years planning. It’s fair to say 2020 has been a challenging 12 months for the travel industry, but it’s not been an unmitigated disaster. From an end to overtourism, to...
A group of 220 Cuban health care professionals arrived in Panama on Thursday to help fight the coronavirus pandemic despite objections from the United States, Panama’s health ministry said. The Cuban medics will “reinforce the health system in this fight against covid-19,” the ministry said on Twitter. Panama announced on December 15 it would hire...
Instead of the traditional Pase del Niño parade, Cuenca’s famous Niño Viajero soared over the city in an army helicopter early Thursday morning and then took a ride in the “popemobile” used by by Pope Francis during his 2015 visit to Ecuador. In all, the Catholic archdioceses estimated that 10,000 people had chance to the...
Dr. Craig Heacock It’s said that science progresses “one gravestone at a time,” since major changes in theoretical perspective usually require a new generation or more to take hold. Psychiatry, in contrast, is in the midst of a massive shift: We’re experiencing a veritable psychedelic revolution, as drugs like MDMA, psilocybin and ketamine offer new...
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