Argentina real-time news

Coronavirus: Argentina bans commercial flight sales until 1 September (source — www.bbc.co.uk) 28/04/2020 02:56:20

Aviation industry groups warn that the move puts at risk more than 300,000 jobs in the country.

Shocking moment prisoner falls from jail roof in Argentina during riot over coronavirus protection (source — www.dailymail.co.uk) 27/04/2020 21:30:20

Nicolás Cardozo broke a leg when he fell while inmates tried to lift him to the roof of Devoto Prison in Buenos Aires last Friday. Prisoners rioted to demand better protection against COVID-19.

Man Utd keeper Romero spent fortnight in hotel quarantine waiting for coronavirus test after flying home to Argentina (source — www.thesun.co.uk) 26/04/2020 18:15:08

SERGIO ROMERO was forced to spend a fortnight quarantined in a hotel while waiting to be tested for coronavirus after flying home to Argentina. Manchester United‘s second-choice stopper, 33, has...

Gonzalo Higuain faces having Juventus contract terminated after going AWOL in Argentina and not contacting club (source — www.thesun.co.uk) 25/04/2020 19:22:25

GONZALO HIGUAIN is at risk of having his Juventus contract terminated after going AWOL in Argentina and not contacting club chiefs. The Serie A giants are set to set to recall their eight foreign play...

Push for virus vaccine as Trump disinfectant theory sparks uproar (source — www.thesundaily.my) 25/04/2020 03:24:41

WASHINGTON: The United Nations on Friday launched a global push for a coronavirus vaccine as President Donald Trump triggered an uproar by suggesting patients be treated with disinfectant and the US d...

Snapshots of a world in lockdown: 'The crisis has crossed a new threshold' (source — www.theguardian.com) 22/04/2020 15:55:49

At noon on 4 April 2020, the day Covid-19 cases passed 1m globally, photojournalist Lucien Lung used webcams from Antarctica to Argentina to capture images of the global shutdownCoronavirus – latest u...

The urban wild: animals take to the streets amid lockdown – in pictures (source — www.theguardian.com) 22/04/2020 13:00:43

Animals have started taking advantage of cities as they enter lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. From New Delhi, India to Buenos Aires, Argentina, groups of animals including deer and lemurs ha...

Pastor ignores Argentina's nationwide coronavirus lockdown and hosts at least 200 worshippers (source — www.dailymail.co.uk) 22/04/2020 00:39:55

Pastor Luis Anderson Chero invited worshippers to attend a Sunday night service at an evangelical church in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Carlos Spegazzini.

‘Full-on relief’: Stranded Max finds a way home (source — www.dailytelegraph.com.au) 20/04/2020 15:17:00

A TEENAGE Tasmanian traveller stranded in Argentina amid the coronavirus crisis will soon be on his way home.

I Don’t Need A Self-Isolation Project. I Need Time To Grieve (source — www.huffingtonpost.co.uk) 19/04/2020 08:00:11

There’s a distinct breath-stealing, gut-punch feeling in the morning moment when grief comes barging in before your eyes even adjust to the light of a new day. It’s the heaviness of e...

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How to prevent coronavirus disease and stop the spread of germs
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