Brazil registers 2,029 new deaths from Covid-19 and total passes 520,000 (July 1)
Brazil on Thursday reported 2,029 new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of fatalities from the disease in the...
July 1, 2021Section
Covid-19
AstraZeneca vaccine non-certification by EMA may hamper entry of Brazilians into Europe
The decision of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) not to include Covishield, AstraZeneca's version of the vaccine manufactured in India,...
July 1, 2021
Brazil exceeds 100 million doses of vaccine applied against Covid-19
According to official data from Vacinômetro - the Ministry of Health's data tool that tracks the pace of vaccination against...
July 1, 2021
Mayor of Rio de Janeiro announces new Covid-19 vaccination schedule
The mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (DEM), announced Thursday a new acceleration of the vaccination...
July 1, 2021
Fiocruz detects improved trend in Brazil’s ICU bed occupancy for Covid-19 cases
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) found an improvement in the trend of intensive care bed occupancy due to Covid-19 for...
July 1, 2021
Social project in Rio favela complex succeeds in reducing Covid deaths by 61% in a year
Conexão Saúde is considered a successful model of how the pandemic could have been controlled.
July 1, 2021
German CureVac vaccine only 48% effective against Covid-19, final result shows
The drug's performance is slightly better in the 18-60 age group, with 53% efficacy.
July 1, 2021Brazil registers 2,081 new deaths from Covid-19 as total reaches 518,066 (June 30)
Brazil on Wednesday reported 2,801 new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of fatalities from the disease in the...
June 30, 2021
Colombia closes its worst month of pandemic with 17,000 deaths in June
With more than 17,000 deaths reported in June alone, Colombia ends the most devastating month of the pandemic and in...
June 30, 2021