News of million

War in Ukraine risks displacing one million, straining EU’s east

25-02-2022 00:43 Europe is bracing for what could be an exodus of more than a million refugees after Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine, as officials say any initial strain will be borne by member states on the bloc’s eastern frontier.

Coronavirus pandemic

With 100,000 new cases, Argentina surpasses 8 million Covid infections

25-01-2022 19:30 A total of 8,041,520 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 119,703 fatalities related to the virus have been recorded since the start of the pandemic, according to official data.

VACCINE DIPLOMACY

Argentina to donate one million Covid vaccines to Bolivia

17-12-2021 17:17 Health Ministry announces Argentina is to donate one million Covid-19 vaccines to Bolivia.

ELECTIONS 2021

More than a million vote ‘blank’ or spoil ballots cast in midterms

19-11-2021 03:15 Over a million people voted blank or spoiled their ballots in last Sunday’s elections, a figure representing almost 3.5 percent of the electorate nationwide.

UK COURTS

Organiser of flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala jailed for 18 months

12-11-2021 09:28 David Henderson, the businessman who organised the 2019 flight that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a crash in the English Channel, sentenced to 18 months in jail for endangering safety of aircraft.

BLOOMBERG

Shell, YPF to invest US$300M at Vaca Muerta in next two years

05-11-2021 02:12 With a US$300-million investment, the companies hope to reach a production of 15,000 barrels per day by 2024 and employ 800 people.

IMF DEBT

Argentina makes US$390-million interest payment to IMF

05-11-2021 01:53 Argentina made a payment of US$390 million Monday to the International Monetary Fund for interest on a US$44-billion loan it is seeking to renegotiate, the government said.

Death of Emiliano Sala

Businessman who organised flight that killed Emiliano Sala convicted

28-10-2021 10:16 David Henderson, the 67-year-old businessman who organised the flight in which Emiliano Sala died, found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft by a majority jury verdict at Cardiff Crown Court.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

UK court told man accused over Emiliano Sala's plane crash was not 'reckless'

26-10-2021 14:31 The lawyer defending a man on trial over the 2019 plane crash that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala said on Tuesday his involvement in the tragedy was "purely a paperwork issue."

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Owner of plane in Emiliano Sala crash 'forbade use of pilot'

20-10-2021 10:41 The owner of a plane that crashed with Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala on board told a UK court on Wednesday she had ordered the operator not to use the pilot.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Man goes on trial in UK over plane crash death of footballer Emiliano Sala

18-10-2021 08:58 David Henderson stands trial for charges in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash in 2019.

Coronavirus vaccines

Sinopharm delivery takes Argentina to 55 million vaccines against Covid-19

04-09-2021 10:12 According to government data, 46.3% of citizens aged over 18 have now completed their immunisation programme against Covid-19.

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Covid-19 vaccines

Government signs agreement with Moderna for 20 million Covid vaccines

12-07-2021 15:02 Health Ministry confirms Argentina has signed an agreement with US laboratory Moderna to purchase 20 million vaccine doses. Shots set to arrive in first quarter of 2022.

Covid-19 vaccination

Argentina reaches 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered

29-06-2021 08:08 More than 20 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have now been given in Argentina since last December. Worldwide, more than three billion doses have been administered.

COVID-19 VACCINES

AstraZeneca shipment takes Argentina past 20 million vaccines

15-06-2021 14:20 President Alberto Fernández visits Ezeiza International Airport to witness the arrival of a new shipment of 900,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses three million Covid-19 infections

03-05-2021 11:20 Argentina surpassed three million confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, after the Health Ministry reported more than 11,000 new infections.

Coronavirus vaccines

Fresh Sputnik batch lifts Argentina's vaccine count to four million doses

01-03-2021 22:24 Government has now managed to acquire four million doses of various coronavirus vaccines, lower than its initial target set last year.

Coronavirus pandemic

90-year-old becomes one millionth to be vaccinated in Argentina

28-02-2021 08:17 Elsa Nélida Alonso becomes the 1,000,000th person to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in Argentina, receiving her jab at the Hospital de Cuenca Alta Néstor Kirchner SAMIC in Cañuelas from nurse María de los Ángeles Martínez.