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COVID-19 PULSE
Start off with a weekly recap of the main Public Affairs
developments across LATAM.
COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, January 25, 2020
Argentina
STATS: 1.874.801 cases of COVID-19, 47.034 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] President Alberto [LOCAL MEASURES] The Government [DIGITAL ECONOMY] According to a Central
Fernández and the managing director of the extended until December 31, 2021 the public Bank resolution ATMs must have fingerprint
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina emergency in occupational matters, which readers so that users can choose to validate
Georgieva, met and agreed to continue includes: the prohibition of dismissals without their identity with this biometric data to carry
working on a new financing program for the cause and the extension of double out operations, announced the Central Bank.
country supported by the multilateral compensation. (Source) (Source)
organization and designed and led by
Argentina. (Source)
[FOOD AND BEVERAGE] The cost of the Total [HEALTH] Representatives from some blocs
[COVID RELATED] The second stage of the Basic Basket (CBT), which determines the that make up the Social Action and Health
vaccination campaign began in the 24 districts poverty line, rose 4.7% in December and Committee of the Lower House were received
of the country after the arrival of the second accumulated a rise of 39.1% in 2020, above by the Minister of Health, Ginés González
component of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. general retail inflation. (Source) García, with whom they discussed the
(Source) vaccination campaign against the coronavirus
throughout the country. (Source)
[ECONOMY] The National State accounts [TECHNOLOGY] The Minister of Education, [MANUFACTURING] The industry grew by
closed 2020 with a primary deficit of 1 trillion Nicolás Trotta, assured in Misiones that this 2.2% year-on-year in November and resumed
749,957 million pesos, equivalent to 6.5 year a program like Conectar-Igualdad, will be the positive trend of September, while in the
percentage points of GDP. The financial deficit implemented again, through which about half third to last month of last year the
was 2 trillion, 292,830 million pesos, a million computers will be distributed accumulated decline was cut to 7.3% in the
equivalent to 8.5 points of GDP. (Source) throughout the country. (Source) first eleven months of 2020. (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, January 25, 2020
Brazil
STATS: 8,872,964 cases of COVID-19, 217,712 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry
[EXECUTIVE POWER] The impeachment of [LOCAL MEASURES] The Federal Court [DIGITAL ECONOMY] Brazilian banks will help
President Jair Bolsonaro is supported by 53.6% determined that those who skipped the guide society about vaccination against
of Brazilians, according to an Atlas survey vaccination line against Covid-19 will not be coronavirus. The goal is to assist the Ministry
released on Sunday 24. (Source) entitled to the 2nd dose in Amazonas. of Health in the campaign. (Source)
Vaccination against Covid was suspended in
Manaus, for a reshuffle after complaints of
"queer-breaker". (Source)
[COVID RELATED] President Jair Bolsonaro [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] The manufacturing [HEALTH] Minister Ricardo Lewandowski, of
announced that China has released the export of industry, failed to close 2020 with a positive the Federal Supreme Court (STF), opened an
5,400 liters of inputs needed to produce the performance in product launches. The only investigation this Monday to ascertain an
Coronavac vaccine, developed by the Butantan sector that presented a positive result was alleged omission by the Minister of Health,
Institute in partnership with the pharmaceutical Beverages, which managed to recover losses Eduardo Pazuello, in the management of the
company Sinovac. (Source) and closed the year 0.7% above the result of Covid-19 pandemic in relation to the collapse
2019. (Source) of public health in Manaus. (Source)
[ECONOMY] Nearly 40,000 formal workers had [TECHNOLOGY] Brazilian scientists created a [MANUFACTURING] On Friday (22), the
to leave for more than 15 days of service test capable of detecting antibodies to the Ministry of Health included industrial and
because of the most serious effects of covid-19 coronavirus in just 10 minutes and with a cost construction workers in the list of priority
in 2020. According to the Ministry of Economy's up to five times lower than the market groups in the vaccination plan against Covid-
Social Security and Labor Secretariat, 39,532 average. (Source) 19. In total, this group represents 5.3 million
people received sickness benefits between April people. (Source)
and December last year. (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, January 25, 2021
Bolivia
STATS: 201,037 cases of COVID-19, 10,043 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] The Russian Sputnik V [LOCAL MEASURES] The Departmental Health [DIGITAL ECONOMY] The National Tax Service
vaccines will arrive this week and the Service (SEDES) of Cochabamba reported the reported on that taxpayers can now pay taxes
government has already established the medical loss of 36 workers in the area; the online, through the digital banking of Banco
procedure for their application. (Source) acceleration in temporary contracts is a PyME and Banco Fassil, from their home or
necessity. (Source) office. (Source)
[COVID RELATED] Since the coronavirus arrival [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] The National Service [HEALTH] Chinese respirators, which are part
on March 10, Bolivia did not register more of Agricultural Health and Food Safety of the investigation for alleged acts of
than 2,600 daily cases until last Wednesday, (Senasag) and the Chamber of Industry, corruption in their purchase, were unsealed to
January 20. The Ministry of Health confirmed Commerce, Services and Tourism of Santa Cruz be used in medical centers to care for COVID-
2,655 new infections of COVID-19, the new (Cainco) carried out coordination to expedite 19 patients. (Source)
record for the country in the pandemic. export procedures for food products, within
(Source) the framework of sanitary measures. (Source)
[ECONOMY] Refund of contributions to the [TECHNOLOGY] Bolivia and Russia agree to [MANUFACTURING] Gastronomic sector,
pension System will inject up to $ 1,200 million reactivate Nuclear Center to treat cancer. The merchants, shopping centers, supermarkets,
into the economy. This amount represents project between both countries also includes gyms, hoteliers, deliveries, transporters and
5.9% of the money managed by the AFPs, irradiation to decontaminate food destined for trade unions, among others, have declared an
most of which are invested in the stock export. (Source) emergency and spoken out against a rigid
market. (Source) quarantine. (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, January 25, 2021
Chile
STATS: 703,178 cases of COVID-19, 17,999 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] The Government [LOCAL MEASURES] Two municipalities in the [DIGITAL ECONOMY] Specialized in footwear
presented to the Senate the bill that seeks to Metropolitan Region changed through phases and clothes retail stores ended 2020 with a
extend until December 2021 the Employment in the Step-by-Step Plan. Paine went back to 313% growth in digital sales, according to a
Protection Law and the improved conditions step 2 (Transition), San José de Maipo FollowUp survey. Today, the online channel
of access to Unemployment Insurance. advanced to step 3 (Preparation). The rest of represents 18% of total transactions, a four-
(Source) the capital continues in phases 2 and 3. fold increase compared to 2019. (Source)
(Source)
[COVID RELATED] More than 53,000 health [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] The food industry is [HEALTH] Ministry of Health announced that
professionals and officials from Armed Forces currently leading the generation of jobs in the the Sinovac vaccine will arrive in Chile at the
institutional facilities have been vaccinated country even in the pandemic context, end of January, which will be delivered to
according to SOS Group. In January, the sector people between 18 and 59 years. Meanwhile,
against COVID-19. For this year, Chile will have
increased its temporary job offers 28% the Pfizer laboratory vaccine will be destined
more than 35 million doses for the people.
compared to last January, a number that only to older adults. (Source)
(Source)
could continue to grow. (Source)
[ECONOMY] According to "Payers Ranking", [TECHNOLOGY] PleIQ, the Chilean- [MANUFACTURING] According to the latest
presented by the Product Exchange and the Venezuelan start-up of educational Real Estate Supply Report from GfK Adimark,
Chilean Entrepreneurs Association, the technology, specialized in the use of the value per square meter of new homes in
payment term to SMB´s companies decreased augmented reality to enhance the learning of the Metropolitan Region continues to rise,
from 67 days in the fourth quarter of 2019 to young children, was the winner of the Global despite that sales in the sector fell 48.4% in
45 days in the same period of 2020. (Source) Edtech Startups Awards. (Source) 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, January 25, 2021
Colombia
STATS: 2,041,352 cases of COVID-19, 52,128 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] President Iván Duque [LOCAL MEASURES] Occupancy of ICUs for [DIGITAL ECONOMY] Mastercard and USAID
declared 3 days of mourning in the country coronavirus in Bogotá drops; it reaches 92 % launched Start Path Empodera, which gives to
due to the Minister of Defense's death, Carlos (Source) digital female entrepreneurs training on
Holmes Trujillo. (Source) leadership, building of strategic networks, and
technical assistance. (Source)
[COVID RELATED] According to the Bloomberg [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] According to [HEALTH] The Ministry of Health included
resilience list, Colombia is in the third place of Francisco Miranda, Director of Portafolio, it is indigenous people in Colombia's Ten-Year
worst countries in COVID-19 situation necessary to include the restaurants into the Public Health Plan. (Source)
management. (Source) conversation of policy making of measures for
the pandemic. The restaurants generate
female-majority jobs and participate in a chain
that includes agricultural products. (Source)
[ECONOMY] According to Fedesarrollo and the [TECHNOLOGY] According to Humberto [MANUFACTURING] Flavia Santoro, president
Colombian Stock Exchange, the confidence Pertúz, CEO of Vozy, a Colombian company of Procolombia, said that foreign investment in
index in the Colombian stock market is 92.5%, specialized in the development of voice Colombia could grow 22.5% in 2021. (Source)
which represents a decrease of 1.9 percentage technologies for companies, the technologies
points. (Source) that will support digitalization in 2021 are:
Virtual voice assistants, Speech Analytics, and
Voice biometrics. (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, January 25, 2021
Ecuador
STATS: 241,567 cases of COVID-19, 14,639 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] The President of LOCAL MEASURES] Authorities close a [DIGITAL ECONOMY] The president of the
Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, traveled to the United clandestine medical center in Quito that European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,
States to promote relations with the new offered false COVID-19 vaccines. (Source) invited the authorities of the United States to
administration of President Joe Biden and seek work together in the creation of a regulatory
new economic resources for his country. framework to control the power of the big
(Source) technological companies. (Source)
[COVID RELATED] Ecuador begins vaccination [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] New restrictions in [HEALTH] Ombudsman asks President Lenín
against COVID-19 in hospitals with the Pfizer Ecuador: Business meetings and food sales in Moreno for the immediate dismissal of the
vaccine. (Source) restaurants and hotels are held with a 30% Minister of Health, Juan Carlos Zevallos.
capacity and until 00:00. The restaurants will (Source)
serve until 23:00 with a capacity of 50%.
(Source)
[ECONOMY] President Lenín Moreno met with [TECHNOLOGY] Civil Registry will deliver the [MANUFACTURING] According to the
the IDB and the IMF in the United States to digital ID in the second week of February. Government, the reactivation of local
obtain economic resources for Ecuador. (Source) manufacturing is key to the recovery of the
(Source) national economy in 2021. The Government
launched a program to boost exports to the
countries of Europe, the United States and the
Andean Community of Nations (CAN). (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19– Monday, January 25, 2021
Mexico
STATS: 1,771, 740 cases of COVID-19; 169,593 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] President Andrés [LOCAL MEASURES] Authorities in Mexico City, [DIGITAL ECONOMY] Tatiana Clouthier,
Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) known for which continues to show an increase in COVID- Secretary of Economy, said that women have
not following health recommendations to 19 cases, will allow the reopening of activities been hit the hardest with the pandemic in
avoid the contagion of COVID-19, tested such as stationery stores, restaurant suppliers, relation to unemployment; thus, one of the
positive for the virus on Sunday. (Source) opticians, and hardware stores. (Source) priorities in Mexico's Inclusion Agenda is to
prepare women for their integration into the
digital economy. (Source)
[COVID RELATED] Thousands of teachers [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] Uber, DiDi and Rappi [HEALTH] According to undersecretary of
from elementary-level schools in the state have agreed to reduce their charging Health, Hugo López Gatell, the Russian vaccine
of Campeche have been vaccinated to commissions to restaurants affiliated to their Sputnik V will arrive to the country on late
return to in-person classes. (Source) platforms in order to support businesses during January, early February. (Source)
the economic downturn. (Source)
[ECONOMY] According to Moody’s [TECHNOLOGY] According to Select, the ICT [MANUFACTURING] The president of the
Analytics, the recovery of Mexico’s GDP industry in Mexico will experience a 3.4% National Council of the Textile Industry and
could reach up to 7.5% in 2021 given the growth during 2021. (Source) Export Manufacturing (Index) in the state of
growth dynamics expected for the United Queretaro, Enrique Quezada Ojeda, explained
States. (Source) that the sector continues to analyze the changes
in the USMCA and the impact it could have on
its activity, especially regarding collective
contracts. (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19– Monday, January 25, 2020
Paraguay
STATS: 127,652 cases of COVID-19, 2,617 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] The president took their [LOCAL MEASURES] The president enactment [DIGITAL ECONOMY]
oath to the new ministers of Foreign Affairs and the austere General Budget for this year that Health Head, Dr. Julio Mazzoleni, held a meeting
Interior in the government palace. (Source) maintains certain restrictions on superfluous with representatives of the National University
expenses, everything related to the hiring of of Asunción for an agreement that will allow the
personnel, appointments and salary increases. future use of a unique scan obtained and
(Source) brought this week by the National University of
Asunción to detect cancer. (Source)
[COVID RELATED] At a press conference, the [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] Record soybean [HEALTH] Health Council officials from various
Minister of Health, Julio Mazzoleni, announced exports slowed the economic decline in 2020, parts of the country demonstrated in front of
that agreements were concluded with two said the Paraguayan Chamber of Cereal and the Ministry of Health headquarters. The
laboratories that develop vaccines and that the Oilseed Exporters and Marketers (Capeco). Even workers are asking for the incorporation of
first doses will arrive in the second half of though it was a year full of adversities, the some 17,000 personnel to the Ministry of Public
February. (Source) output of 6.48 million tons was recorded. Health. (Source)
(Source)
[ECONOMY]
For this fiscal year, the Ministry of Finance plans [TECHNOLOGY] During an act, the President of [MANUFACTURING] Exports of auto parts
to request from the Central Bank of Paraguay the Republic, Mario Abdo Benítez, handed over (wires and cables) generated income to
(BCP) a short-term advance of 700,000 million 200 notebooks with internet connection to the Paraguay for a total of US $ 177.8 million during
guaranies to be able to comply with the Floating National University of Caaguazú. (Source) 2020, according to the Foreign Trade report of
Debt commitments with suppliers and other the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP). (Source)
State creditors. (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, January 25, 2021
Peru
STATS: 1,093,938 cases of COVID-19, 39,608 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] The Ministry of Health [LOCAL MEASURES] The COVID-19 Command [DIGITAL ECONOMY] More than 400,000
(Minsa) bought 10,339 refrigeration of the Huánuco region agreed to request two immigration procedures were carried out by
equipment through the United Nations oxygen plants and more human resources national and foreign citizens through the
Children's Fund (UNICEF), to reinforce the cold from the Central Government, thus a group of Digital Migration Agency, which provides
chain system required by vaccines against authorities from that part of the country will online assistance from any computer or mobile
COVID-19 in different parts of the country. travel to Lima to meet with the president of device. (Source)
(Source) the Council of Ministers, Violeta Bermúdez.
(Source)
[COVID RELATED] The private sector will [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] The Ministry of [HEALTH] EsSalud will launch the
assume the costs of the Sinopharm vaccine Economy and Finance (MEF) raised the implementation of two new towers in the Pan
transportation service from Beijing, in China, Selective Consumption Tax (ISC) applied to American Village, which also will be equipped
to the warehouse of the National Center for cigarettes, beers and alcoholic beverages. with 1,112 hospital beds and essential
Supply of Strategic Health Resources (Source) furniture for the treatment and care of COVID-
(Cenares). (Source) 19 patients.
(Source)
[ECONOMY] The Ministry of Economy and [TECHNOLOGY] The National Superintendence [MANUFACTURING] Monetary resources
Finance (MEF) ordered an increase of 30 soles of Labor Inspection (Sunafil) has launched an raised with the issuance of the first Covid Bond
for the pensions of the Decree Law 20530 application that will enable workers to verify if of Peru for 100 million soles will benefit
regime, which authorized a transfer of 66 they are registered on their employer's payroll. between 12,000 and 13,000 micro and small
million 189,240 soles to finance this (Source) businesses (mypes) affected by the pandemic.
readjustment in the corresponding State (Source)
entities. (Source)COVID-19 PULSE – PUBLIC AFFAIRS LATAM
Tuesday, January 19 – Monday, January 25, 2020
Uruguay
STATS: 37,633 cases of COVID-19, 376 deceased, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.
[EXECUTIVE POWER] Government purchased LOCAL MEASURES] Public Education [DIGITAL ECONOMY] Zero unemployment in
3.75 million vaccines against COVID-19 and authorities reaffirmed their intention to start the software industry; the software industry in
aims to inoculate 2.8 million people. (Source) the school year in March with 100% Uruguay is a success story. (Source)
attendance in classrooms. (Source)
[COVID RELATED] 44% of Uruguayans would [FOOD AND BEVERAGE] Specialists warn [HEALTH] Faculty of Sciences rules out the
not be willing to get vaccinated, according to a about some effects of the pandemic in presence of foreign variants of Covid-19 in the
survey. (Source) patients who had the virus and who continue country, but other changes were found in the
for months with symptoms like loss of taste genome. (Source)
and smell. (Source)
[ECONOMY] Economists believe that since last [TECHNOLOGY] The Coronavirus Uy app will [MANUFACTURING] After the work was
year there seems to be a new positive cycle in function as an official health passport, after resumed, a thousand workers recovered their
commodities that transcends the rebound in the start of the vaccination stage in the jobs in the meat processing industry. (Source)
prices in an international context of high country. (Source)
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