Cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known as Quino, has died in his native Argentina.
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Virus 'risks 2.5m more child marriages by 2025'
A charity says the pandemic is threatening to reverse 25 years of progress on ending child marriage.
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Virus 'risks 2.5m more child marriages by 2025'
A charity says the pandemic is threatening to reverse 25 years of progress on ending child marriage.
Quino, creator of Mafalda comic character, dies
Cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known as Quino, has died in his native Argentina.
Panama artists decorate lab coats to raise Covid funds
Artists in Panama have been turning the white lab coats used by frontline healthcare workers into colourful works of art.
Colombian fishermen rescue 94 Haitian migrants
Fishermen spot the migrants' boat adrift in the Caribbean sea and tow it to safety.
Protests over fuel shortages spread in Venezuela
Venezuelans tired of queuing for days for petrol have taken to the streets in dozens of states.
Brazil judge stymies plan to end mangrove protection
Environmentalists feared fragile coastal ecosystems would be destroyed by redevelopment.
'Unacceptable' slaver plaque covered by church
The plaque celebrates John Gordon's part in quelling a slave uprising in Jamaica.
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Virus 'risks 2.5m more child marriages by 2025'
A charity says the pandemic is threatening to reverse 25 years of progress on ending child marriage.
Quino, creator of Mafalda comic character, dies
Cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known as Quino, has died in his native Argentina.
Panama artists decorate lab coats to raise Covid funds
Artists in Panama have been turning the white lab coats used by frontline healthcare workers into colourful works of art.
Colombian fishermen rescue 94 Haitian migrants
Fishermen spot the migrants' boat adrift in the Caribbean sea and tow it to safety.
Protests over fuel shortages spread in Venezuela
Venezuelans tired of queuing for days for petrol have taken to the streets in dozens of states.
Brazil judge stymies plan to end mangrove protection
Environmentalists feared fragile coastal ecosystems would be destroyed by redevelopment.
'Unacceptable' slaver plaque covered by church
The plaque celebrates John Gordon's part in quelling a slave uprising in Jamaica.
Quino, creator of Mafalda comic character, dies
Cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known as Quino, has died in his native Argentina.
Panama artists decorate lab coats to raise Covid funds
Artists in Panama have been turning the white lab coats used by frontline healthcare workers into colourful works of art.
Colombian fishermen rescue 94 Haitian migrants
Fishermen spot the migrants' boat adrift in the Caribbean sea and tow it to safety.
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New cases in Brazilian city dash herd immunity hopes
Copyright: ReutersImage caption: Authorities have closed down the river beachfront in Manaus as cases rise again Manaus is the largest city and capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, in the vast Amazon rainforest. After being hit hard by the outbreak in April and May - with cemeteries reportedly struggling to dig graves fast enough to bury the dead - deaths have dropped dramatically in the city.
A scientific study posted on the website medRxiv suggested that Manaus may have reached herd immunity, the point at which enough people have antibodies to the virus that it slows or stops the spread. Scientists estimated that up to 66% of the population there had antibodies to Covid-19.
"All signs indicate that it was the very fact of being so exposed to the virus that brought about the reduction in the number of new cases and deaths in Manaus," the study’s co-ordinator was quoted as saying.
But now cases are once more on the rise. After reopening quickly, authorities on Friday banned gatherings and parties for 30 days and restricted opening hours for shops and restaurants.
Mayor Arthur Virgilio told Reuters news agency that President Jair Bolsonaro was to blame. "The government must take this seriously and speak the truth," he said.
Critics of the president accused him of downplayed the risks of the virus throughout the pandemic, ignoring expert advice on social distancing and other measures.
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Video caption: Coronavirus: 'Forced to work' as medics fighting Covid Almost 200 health workers have died of Covid-19 in Venezuela since the pandemic began in March.
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