Outbreak News Radio: The Bolivian government declared a health emergency on Thursday after the daily cases of COVID-19 increased almost fivefold in less than a week; despite the fact that the omicron variant has not yet been registered in the country. In the last five days, new daily infections increased from 1,355 to 6,149, double the highest peak reported on June 10, according…
Category: Health
Let’s stop being reactive – Dejemos de ser reactivos
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Learning from the rains Few natural phenomena are as recurrent in our country as the floods that occur every year in the rainy season, and the way we deal with their consequences makes it necessary to stop seeing the problem as if it were a fatality imposed by designs beyond human control….
Ministra de Culturas dice que se evaluará suspensión del Carnaval de Oruro – Minister of Cultures says that the suspension of the Oruro Carnival will be evaluated
Pagina Siete: The Health Minister announced meetings with Oruro authorities to assess the situation of the fourth wave of the pandemic. Due to the increase in infections by Covid-19 at the national level, the Minister of Cultures, Sabina Orellana, reported that the possibility of suspending the Oruro Carnival is being analyzed. Orellana recalled that the…
Mercury has catastrophic consequences on Bolivian indigenous peoples, UN experts say
Merco Press [For Spanish version Pagina Siete]: United Nations specialists have sent the Bolivian Government a “Letter of Allegations” after finding irregularities resulting from the unauthorized use of mercury which has brought up environmental and human rights consequences, it was reported Wednesday. UN rapporteurs Marcos Orellana (toxic substances and human rights) and José Francisco Cali…
Recién nacido en las calles de Riberalta – Newborn on the streets of Riberalta
Pagina Siete: Without medical attention, young woman gives birth in the middle of the street Surrounded by motorcyclists and neighbors who acted as midwives. This is how a baby was born yesterday on Avenida Jacarandá, Riberalta, Beni, where her mother could not reach a medical center. An hour and a half later, a Radio Patrol…
Achachairú
Nicole Pinto, El Deber: The season of achachairú has arrived, know its benefits Small, showy and with a great flavor. The achachairú has made its way into the national and international market with its own merit. This fruit is typical of eastern Bolivia, the municipality of Porongo being the largest producer, where the “Achachairú Fair”…
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