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2 hours ago
More than 100 beach lovers in Rio, fined for not wearing a mask
By Marcia Reverdosa
More than 100 people who attended the beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were fined over the weekend for not wearing a mask, according to the Rio Municipal Guard.
The guards carried out health inspections on Saturday and Sunday on the beaches of Arpoador, Ipanema Park, Copacabana and Leme, resulting in fines for 135 people who did not wear a mask.
The mandatory use of face masks went into effect on May 21 and inspections began on June 5. Since then, 1,377 fines have been issued for people who violate the order, the city's municipal guard said. The fine is 107 Brazilian reals (US $ 22).
The state of Rio has the second highest number of covid-19 cases in Brazil, just after Sao Paulo, with almost 130,000 and 11,415 deaths. The city of Rio de Janeiro registers more than 64,000 cases and 7,310 deaths.
2 hours ago
Amnesty International: Governments should be held accountable for the deaths of health workers
By Zahid Mahmood
More than 3,000 health workers have died from the coronavirus worldwide and governments must be held accountable for their deaths, human rights group Amnesty International said today.
Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States top the list of countries with the highest number of deaths of health workers, according to the report "Global: Health workers silenced, exposed and attacked".
Of 79 countries examined, Amnesty found that:
In Russia, 545 health workers had died from covid-19.
The United Kingdom recorded 540 deaths, including 262 social workers.
The United States has 507 health worker deaths.
"Countries that have not yet seen the worst of the pandemic should not repeat the mistakes of governments whose lack of protection of workers' rights has had devastating consequences," said Sanhita Ambast, researcher and adviser on economic, social and cultural events of Amnesty International.
Threats to speak
The report says health workers and essential workers have faced retaliation by authorities after being threatened with arrest, violence, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and, in some cases, lack of payment. For his job.
Two Russian female doctors face retaliation after complaining about the lack of PPE. One of them was charged under Russia's fake news laws and fined up to $ 1,443, while the second faces disciplinary proceedings that could result in her dismissal, Amnesty discovered.
"Frontline health workers are the first to know if government policy is not working, and the authorities who silence them cannot seriously claim that they are prioritizing public health," Ambast added.
Choosing âbetween death and prisonâ
An unidentified Egyptian doctor told Amnesty that doctors who report his conditions face threats to his life and interrogations by the National Security Agency, as well as sanctions.
âMany (doctors) prefer to pay for their own personal equipment to avoid this tiring stretch and slack. (The authorities) are forcing doctors to choose between death and prison, "the unidentified Egyptian doctor told Amnesty.
Amnesty said the 3,000 deaths are likely to be underreporting due to a lack of reporting and differences in the way countries count and collect data.
2 hours ago
Miami Beach hospitals are reaching full capacity, alerts mayor
By Mitch McCluskey
Hospitals in Miami Beach, Florida are reaching full capacity, city mayor Dan Gelber said Sunday.
"We're going to have to start moving regular beds to ICU (intensive care unit) beds," Gelber told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "We are clearly seeing signs of exhaustion at this point."
Almost 1,900 covid-19 patients in Miami Beach have been hospitalized and another 400 are in intensive care, with 200 on ventilators, Gelber said.
Gelber added that he is frustrated by the national government's response to combat the spread of the virus.
"There is a total disconnect between what is happening and what is being said from Washington and even Tallahassee and what is happening in some of these communities here," he said.
On Sunday, Florida recorded the highest number of cases in a single day with more than 15,000 new infections and 7,500 hospitalized patients.
4 hours ago
Disney attendees will not receive photos of their trip if they do not wear a mask
By Natasha Chen
Attendees at Disney in the USA will not receive their travel photos if they did not wear a mask during the journey.
Walt Disney World's director of public relations said the company has an existing policy of deleting photos if someone is doing something unsafe on the trip.
Not wearing a mask is consistent with that policy.
4 hours ago
Colombia exceeds 150,000 cases of covid-19
By Stefano Pozzebon
Colombia topped 150,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday after its Health Ministry reported 5,083 new infections in the past 24 hours.
The total number of covid-19 cases in the country is now 150,445, the fifth highest number of cases in Latin America, after Brazil, Peru, Chile and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The Health Ministry also registered 188 new deaths on Sunday, bringing the number of deaths from the virus in Colombia to 5,307.
On Friday, officials implemented new containment measures, based on geographic areas for the capital city, BogotĂĄ, where 49,644 cases have been registered so far.
In addition, the national government announced the extension of the national quarantine until August 1.
4 hours ago
Bolivian economy minister tests positive for coronavirus
By Claudia DomĂnguez
Bolivia's Economy Minister Oscar Ortiz is the last member of the country's cabinet to test positive for coronavirus, a list that includes interim President Jeanine Ăñez.
The economy ministry released a statement Sunday announcing that Ortiz had tested positive for the virus, adding that he is in good health.
The ministry tweeted a video message from Ortiz, confirming that he tested positive after feeling ill around noon on Saturday.
"I started to feel tired, down and with muscle pain," he said, adding that later that night he was examined and the results were positive.
Ortiz said that the Minister of Production Development, Abel MartĂnez, would take over his duties during his absence.
Bolivia's alternate president, Jeanine Ăñez, who also tested positive for the virus on July 9, wished Ortiz "a speedy recovery" and said it was "essential to the country's economic revival."
At least four other top Bolivian government officials have tested positive in recent days, including the Minister of Health, MarĂa Eidy Roca; the Minister of the Presidency, Yerko NĂșñez Negrette; the Minister of Mines, Jorge Fernando Oropeza, and the commander of the armed forces, General Sergio Orellana.
Bolivia has at least 47,200 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 1,754 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
4 hours ago
Mexico surpasses Italy in death toll from covid-19
By Karol SuĂĄrez
Mexico surpassed Italy in terms of the number of deaths from the new coronavirus, according to figures published on Sunday by the Latin American country's Ministry of Health and Johns Hopkins University.
The Ministry of Health registered 276 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths in Mexico to 35,006, making it the fourth country with the most deaths from the virus in the world.
The death toll from the virus in Italy is currently 34,954, according to data from John Hopkins University.
Mexico also reported 4,482 recently confirmed cases on Sunday, bringing the country's total to 299,750.
Earlier Sunday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly known as AMLO, said he met with the health cabinet to discuss the pandemic and said that it "is losing intensity."
The president made the comments before Sunday's figures were released, but the country has reported constant daily increases in cases during the pandemic.
"I want to convey to you that the report is positive, it is good. The conclusion is that the pandemic is going down, that it is losing intensity, âAMLO said in a video message.
âWe are available to receive patients. The other pandemic is the sensationalism of the conservative media, that is why we must continue reporting, comparing Mexico with other countries. Today I want to transmit tranquility because we are professionally improving this pandemic, "added the president.
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