Brazilians are world’s 2nd-most rejected tourists; see which countries apply restrictions
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has become the top global center of new Covid-19 deaths, and Brazilians rank 2nd...
March 17, 2021Section
Covid-19
Pandemic accelerates in half of the Americas – PAHO director
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - New coronavirus cases are picking up again in half of the countries in the Americas,...
March 17, 2021
New health minister says Brazil will begin the country’s largest immunization program against Covid-19
The nominee for the Health portfolio, physician Marcelo Queiroga, said earlier that Brazil "will begin the largest immunization program against...
March 17, 2021
Brazil seeks “3rd path” to Covid-19 patent/waiver deadlock at WTO
Between the so-called vaccine nationalism and the broad permission for patent breach in the fight against Covid-19, as proposed by...
March 17, 2021
Brazil faces the greatest health and hospital collapse in its history – Fiocruz report
Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), considered one of the world's main public health research institutions, on Tuesday released a study...
March 17, 2021
Spain donates gowns, masks and other protective material to Bolivia to fight pandemic
Spain has donated to Bolivia the material required for protection in the fight against Covid-19, consisting mainly of gowns, masks...
March 17, 2021
Covid-19: How Uruguay shifted from Latin America’s exception to having the highest rate of new cases
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "We are inexorably losing our privileged position. We must restrict our mobility and physical contact...
March 17, 2021
Survey: 81% of Brazilians consider vaccination slow; 62% see mass coverage only in 2022
Brazil, which on Monday, March 15th, reached the mark of 10 million people vaccinated, about 5% of the population, registers...
March 17, 2021
Brazil surpasses U.S. in moving average of Covid-19 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The US started 2021 with a surge in Covid-19 infections and deaths. At the time,...
March 17, 2021