Police collect nearly 800 bodies from Ecuador’s virus epicenter
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador said police have removed almost 800 bodies in recent weeks from homes in Guayaquil, the…
4 years ago
South America
Boy from isolated Amazon tribe dies after being infected with coronavirus
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- A Yanomami indigenous boy has died after contracting the coronavirus, authorities in Brazil said Friday,…
4 years ago
NY needs millions of coronavirus tests before reopening: governor
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Millions of New Yorkers must be tested for the new coronavirus before the state…
4 years ago
Chile to issue virus-free certificates for recovered patients
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- Chile will issue certificates to people that have recovered from the coronavirus, which would allow them…
4 years ago
UN delivers 90 tons of COVID-19 aid to Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- A plane carrying 90 tons of UN health, water, and sanitation aid arrived in Venezuela on…
4 years ago
Coronavirus adds to struggles in City of God favela
PICTURES BY MAURO PIMENTEL. Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — There are no good options these days in City…
4 years ago
Ecuador ex-president sentenced to eight years for corruption
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Former Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for corruption…
4 years ago
New York governor extends shutdown to April 29
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday extended a shutdown in the epicenter of…
4 years ago
Ecuador VP apologizes after virus corpses left on streets
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador's vice president Otto Sonnenholzner has apologized after scores of bodies were left on the…
4 years ago
World’s virus toll tops 60,000 as advice on masks shifts
by Phil HAZLEWOOD with AFP bureaus Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The global death toll in the coronavirus…
4 years ago
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