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There will be no changes to the Covid-19 health emergency restrictions in Cuenca until at least May 17. The city joined all but five of the country's 221 municipalities Friday in deciding to delay changes to the current "red light" status. "It is not yet the time to...
By Giovanni Cambizaca When I drive out of the city towards home, I often think that the foothills of the Cajas look a little bit like Switzerland. If I could put bells on the cows, the effect would be almost complete. When we think about Switzerland, I suppose...
Author’s note: Fat is a controversial topic but let’s cut through the chatter and delve into fat facts. This is the first of an updated three-part series about dietary fats. I'm not writing about "diets" per se, in this column. As reported by the Harvard School of...
By Anthony J. Castiglia, M.D. After reviewing the various information on the Covid-19 virus issues, I am submitting this opinion based on the content herein. The opinion is not to denigrate information currently gathered but rather to motivate inquiries to...
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to last as long as two years and won't be controlled until about two-thirds of the world's population is immune, a group of experts said in a report. Because of its ability to spread from people who don't appear to be ill, the virus...
Jueves, 30/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Alcaldes plantean que semáforo siga hasta el 17 de mayo (Mayors propose that traffic light continues until May 17) - Not one mayor in the country is willing to leave the isolation phase or...
American intelligence officials said Thursday that they agree with "the wide scientific consensus that the Covid-19 virus was not man-made or genetically modified," and that it was originally transmitted from animals to humans. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump...
By Catesby Holmes All over the world – in China, Italy, the United States and Australia – many more men than women are dying from COVID-19. Why? Is it genes, hormones, the immune system – or behaviour – that makes men more susceptible to the disease? I see it as an...
A privately funded project aims to get Cuenca and Azuay Province back to "normal living and back to work" through mass Covid-19 testing of the population. The Trust Fund for Cuenca's Proof for Life is raising funds to administer tens-of-thousands of tests to allow the...
Miércoles, 29/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Digital publications - The Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar has put books and magazines on line at http://repositorio.uasb.edu.ec. The material is in the area of law and society and includes...
By Dave Sherwood Chile will push ahead with previously announced “release certificates” for recovered COVID-19 patients despite a World Health Organization warning that there was no evidence they are protected from a second coronavirus infection. Paula Daza,...
Telecoms engineers have told Radio 1 Newsbeat they're being threatened and harassed by people who believe they're working on 5G, which has been wrongly linked to coronavirus. Claims about any link have been branded complete rubbish by scientists. But the union and...
Researchers at a Hong Kong university say they have developed an antiviral coating which could provide 90 days of “significant” protection against bacteria and viruses such as the one causing COVID-19. The coating, called MAP-1, took 10 years to develop and can be...
By George Q. Daley The covid-19 pandemic is sowing death, suffering and economic devastation across the world. Containing its deadly march will require answers to many questions, most of which we are only beginning to chip away at. Among the most critical: How many...
Deputy Minister of Health Xavier Solórzano is warning older residents to take extra precautions against the Covid-19 infection. "I cannot overstate the importance that older Ecuadorians, especially those with chronic diseases, do everything possible to protect...
Martes, 28/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Alianza Francesa - The Alianza Francesa has complete concerts on its YouTube site with pop, jazz, electronic, rap and reggae performances. Go to...
By Roger Theodos As I sit here in Buenos Aires, exiled by a travel ban from my home in Ecuador, I am comforted by the words of the travel writer Paul Theroux: “The most enlightening trips I’ve taken have been the riskiest, the most crisis-ridden, in countries gripped...
Lockdowns around Latin America are helping slow the spread of COVID-19, but are having a darker and less-intended consequence: a spike in calls to helplines suggests a rise in domestic abuse, in a region where almost 20 million women and girls suffer sexual and...
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) warned Sunday that protests against government policies are under "serious consideration." In particular, Conaie objects to the elimination of fuel subsidies and new taxes proposed by President Lenin...
Lunes, 27/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Azuay se niega a dejar aislamiento (Azuay refuses to leave isolation) - See Saturday's CHL for story. Trueque (barter) - The city governments of Sígsig in Azuay and Gualquiza in Morona Santiago...
