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COVID-19 shots could reach first Americans by mid-December, top health official says

(Reuters) – U.S. healthcare workers and others recommended for the nation’s first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of...

Brazil registers 376 coronavirus deaths on Saturday

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil has registered 32,622 additional coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours and 376 deaths, the health ministry...

U.S. hits 12 million COVID-19 cases as many Americans defy Thanksgiving travel guidance

(Reuters) – The United States recorded its 12th million COVID-19 case yesterday, even as millions of Americans were expected to travel for the upcoming...

Storm death toll rises in Central America as Honduran leader pleads for help

TEGUCIGALPA/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Authorities in Central America recovered more bodies yesterday from landslides triggered by hurricane Iota, which battered the impoverished region...

Black councilwoman elected in Brazil receives death threats

Brazilian professor Ana Lucia Martins, first black councilwoman elected in Joinville municipality, in southern Santa Catarina state, received death threats due to the color...

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine deliveries could start ‘before Christmas’

(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech could secure emergency U.S. and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed...

65 WHO Staffers (Who Always Wear Masks) Are Infected with Coronavirus

An internal email obtained by the Associated Press revealed 65 World Health Organization (WHO) staffers have been infected with the coronavirus. The United Nations health agency is...

Moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19

(Reuters) – Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said today,...

Dozens wounded in Peru as protesters and police clash amid political crisis

LIMA,  (Reuters) – At least 27 people have been wounded in clashes between police and protestors as thousands of Peruvians took to the streets...

Slow road to jobs recovery for Latin America and the Caribbean

The labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean faces a slow recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for “active macro policies”...

Brazil suspends trials of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine due to ‘adverse effect’

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s health regulator said yesterday it had suspended clinical trials for China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, due to a “severe adverse...

Woman loses 22 relatives after landslide hits storm-hit Guatemalan village

SAN CRISTOBAL VERAPAZ, Guatemala, (Reuters) – Rescue workers yesterday clambered over treacherous roads buried in mud and rubble to reach a remote mountain village...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...