Argentina on Tuesday registered a record number of new COVID-19 cases, after 20,870 people tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 2,428,029, according to the Ministry of Health. The ministry also reported 163 more deaths from the disease, taking the nationwide death toll to 56,634. […]
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Argentina registers 9,902 new Covid-19 cases
Argentina registered 9,902 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the national tally to 2,373,153, the country’s ministry of health said. The ministry also reported 82 more deaths from the disease, taking the nationwide death toll to 56,023. A total of 2,121,954 patients have recovered from the disease so far, while 195,176 cases remain active, it said. […]
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Morale high, hockey men off to Argentina
The Indian men’s hockey team left for their 16-day tour of Argentina today with captain Manpreet Singh optimistic of a strong show against the reigning Olympics champions. A 22-member Indian team left here for Buenos Aires today for their second outing in 2021 after an unbeaten tour of Europe last […]
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Argentina reports 7,307 new Covid-19 cases
Argentina registered 7,307 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the national tally to 2,162,001, the health ministry said. The ministry also reported 131 more deaths from the disease, taking the nationwide toll to 53,252. A total of 1,956,591 patients have recovered from the disease so far, while 152,158 cases remain active, it said. […]
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Argentina president says no law broken in vaccine scandal
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said yesterday that no crime had been committed in a scandal over coronavirus vaccine queue-jumping that forced his health minister to resign. Fernandez, on an official visit to Mexico, called the incident “reprehensible” but said that the issue of vaccines was “very sensitive” and should not […]
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Argentina reports 8,374 new Covid-19 cases
Argentina registered 8,374 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the national tally to 1,970,009, the health ministry said. The ministry also reported 285 more deaths from the disease, bringing the nationwide death toll to 48,985. The province of Buenos Aires has registered a total of 822,037 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic broke out in March last […]
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5.1-magnitude quake hits northern Argentina
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 63 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, a small town in northern Argentina at around 00:59 a.m. local time (0359 GMT) on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre, with a depth of 168.65 km, was initially determined to be at 24.2289 degrees […]
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‘Adios Diego’: Maradona buried as world mourns flawed football great
Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever soccer players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the streets of Buenos Aires to Naples in Italy. The death of Maradona at the age of 60 on Wednesday, following a heart attack, has sparked both mourning […]
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Argentina to rework debt offer after defaulting on interest payments
Argentina will improve the terms of its offer to restructure $65 billion of overseas bonds after the country defaulted on interest payments. Economy Minister Martin Guzman didn’t give any details on his plans in an interview at his office, but said discussions with creditor groups continue. The latest proposals from […]