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PAHO highlights several countries in the Americas for Covid-19 response

As of July 20 there were 311,000 deaths in the Americas and that last week the region reached the level of 900,000 new cases with 22,000 deaths, mostly in Brazil, Mexico and the United States.

Misinformation threatens response to Covid-19 in the Americas, PAHO alerts

The American continent has summed 19 million cases and more than 614,000 deaths related to the new coronavirus that appeared in China at the end of 2019. This represents almost half of the known infections and deaths worldwide.

Virus plunges Brazil into recession with record 9.7% drop

Brazil's economy, the biggest in Latin America, contracted by a record 9.7 percent in the second quarter of 2020

Americas suffer ‘mental health crisis’ due to pandemic, which is rebounding in Europe and Asia

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented mental health crisis in the American continent, PAHO warned Tuesday, while the infections once again set off alarms in Spain and began a new phase in the Asia-Pacific region.

Unemployment in virus-hit Brazil reaches 13.3%, worst in 3 years

Virus-hit Brazil's unemployment rate rose to 13.3% in the April-June quarter, its highest in three years.

Latin America must control pandemic in order to reactivate economy, PAHO argues

If the pandemic transmission curve is not brought under control, countries’ economies will be unable to recover, the PAHO argues.

The virus advances in a world losing faith in authorities

For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, more than 280,000 new cases were registered worldwide in 24 hours

Pandemic ‘showing no signs of slowing down’ in the Americas, PAHO says

As of July 20 there were 311,000 deaths in the Americas and that last week the region reached the level of 900,000 new cases with 22,000 deaths, mostly in Brazil, Mexico and the United States.

Pandemic tensions revive protests in Latin America

Long confinements and widespread pessimism in Latin America due to the advance of the coronavirus and the economic debacle have fueled tensions, which in some cases are beginning to turn into protests.

Brazil’s skeptical president has virus, US starts WHO withdrawal

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the risks of coronavirus, announced Tuesday he has tested positive as the United States launched its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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