One of the most influential drug dealers in Latin America, Ecuadorian national Wilder Emilio Sanchez Farfan, also known as Gato Farfan, was arrested in Colombia, general commander of the Ecuadorian police Fausto Salinas Samaniego said on Friday.

More than 500,000 Uruguayans have registered to receive a Pfizer booster dose after they were administered two doses of the Coronovac vaccine developed by the Chinese laboratory, in a rush to head off more contagious variants of the virus, Deputy Head of the Health Ministry Jose Luis Satdjian said on Twitter

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno dismissed Mauro Falconi, the recently-appointed health minister, amid growing complaints from the local population, especially from elderly people over delays in COVID-19 vaccination campaign