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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...

Brazil records 254 new COVID-19 deaths, 22,380 new cases – govt

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil has recorded 254 new COVID-19 deaths, and 22,380 new coronavirus cases, the health ministry said yesterday. More than...

Brazil reports 18,947 new coronavirus cases, 407 deaths

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 18,947 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 407 deaths from COVID-19, the...

Brazil will have a COVID-19 vaccine by June 2021, says regulator

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil expects to have a vaccine against COVID-19 approved and ready for use in a national inoculation programme by June,...

Brazil registers 461 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, toll now 153,675

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil reported 24,062 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 461 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the...

Mexico’s ex-defense minister detained in U.S. at request of DEA

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The former defense minister for Mexican ex-president Enrique Pena Nieto, General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, was detained at Los Angeles...

Brazilian police catch senator hiding cash between his buttcheeks, source says

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Chico Rodrigues was caught in a police raid with money hidden between his buttcheeks yesterday, a judicial source briefed...

Next pandemic? Amazon deforestation may spark new diseases

SAO PAULO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for...

Sales of fake Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil reported

Brasilia, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) denounced it has reports of the sale of a fake Covid-19 vaccine in...

Mexico reports 5,263 new coronavirus cases, 411 more deaths

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Health Ministry yesterday reported 5,263 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 411 additional fatalities, bringing the total...

Peru paying dearly for cheap COVID-19 antibody tests

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the harried health officials of Peru faced a quandary. They knew molecular...
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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...