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2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Paraguays Finance Minister Benigno Lopez Benitez talks to Reuters, in Asuncion, Paraguay July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay’s Finance Minister Benigno López will step down from his ministry position in the next few days to take a senior role at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a government source told Reuters on Thursday. The regional lender has picked Lopez as vice president for sectors and knowledge, according to a note seen b...

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay signed a contract with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to purchase the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay signed a contract with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to purchase the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the South American country’s health minister said on Thursday. It was the first announcement of a bilateral agreement under Paraguay’s coronavirus ...

2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay is negotiating with five foreign pharmaceutical companies to acquire up to 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021, Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni said on Friday, to supplement those it has already locked in under the COVAX system. Mazzoleni said the country of nea...

2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Paraguays Finance Minister Benigno Lopez Benitez talks to Reuters, in Asuncion, Paraguay July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay’s Finance Minister Benigno López will step down from his ministry position in the next few days to take a senior role at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a government source told Reuters on Thursday. The regional lender has picked Lopez as vice president for sectors and knowledge, according to a note seen b...

3 Min Read ASUNCION (Reuters) - Environmental group Earthsight said on Wednesday it has linked some of Europe’s largest carmakers to the deforestation of the Chaco, a dry forest region of Paraguay home to jaguars and one of the last uncontacted indigenous groups in the world. The group said in a report that livestock companies have illegally logged lands of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode indigenous ethnic group, some of whose members live in voluntary isolation. The livestock skin is used in leathe...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read ASUNCION, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Paraguay signed agreements with two pharmaceutical companies to buy 3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines and plans to start vaccinations in the second half of February, Public Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni said on Friday. The names of the firms will be released in the coming days when the contracts are signed, the minister added. The country plans to purchase another 4.2 million doses through the COVAX mechanism of the World Health O...

UPDATE 1-Paraguay inks deal with two drug companies for 3 mln vaccine doses - health minister Reuters 1/22/2021 (Adds context) ASUNCION, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Paraguay signed agreements with two pharmaceutical companies to buy 3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines and plans to start vaccinations in the second half of February, Public Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni said on Friday. The names of the firms will be released in the coming days when the contracts are signed, the minister added. The ...

Paraguay inks deal with two drug companies for 3 million vaccine doses - health minister Reuters 22/01/2021 © Reuters/Jorge Adorno Paraguays Health Minister Mazzoleni speaks during a news conference where he announced Paraguays first confirmed case of coronavirus in Asuncion ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay signed agreements with two pharmaceutical companies to buy 3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines and plans to start vaccinations in the second half of February, Public Health Minister ...

By Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2021 3:26 PM ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay signed agreements with two pharmaceutical companies to buy 3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines and plans to start vaccinations in the second half of February, Public Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni said on Friday. The names of the firms will be released in the coming days when the contracts are signed, the minister added. The country plans to purchase another 4.2 million doses through the COVAX mechanism of...