With Delta variant rising, São Paulo assesses reducing wait for 2nd injection
São Paulo government to reevaluate the 3-month interval between vaccine doses after the SARS-CoV Delta variant is circulating in the...
July 7, 2021Section
Covid-19
São Paulo lifts schools’ student limit and frees in-person higher education classes
Schools will be able to accept students while respecting the distancing rule; colleges are required to comply with the maximum...
July 7, 2021
U.S. sending 1 million Janssen vaccine doses to Bolivia, 1 million to Paraguay
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The United States is sending one million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses to Bolivia...
July 7, 2021
Governor confirms purchase of 4 million extra doses of Coronavac for São Paulo state
The governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), confirmed, on Wednesday, 7, the purchase of an extra batch of 4...
July 7, 2021
State of São Paulo announces 30 test events to adjust Covid-19 protocols
The government of São Paulo announced on Wednesday, July 7, that it would hold 30 test events starting on July...
July 7, 2021
For the 1st time in the pandemic, Brazil’s Amazonas state has no recorded Covid-19 deaths
Brazil's Amazonas state has not recorded any deaths from covid-19 on Tuesday, 6, according to data released by the local...
July 7, 2021
In the pandemic, favela residents of largest Brazilian cities changed health habits
The pandemic of the new coronavirus has changed the health care habits of the inhabitants of the favelas with the...
July 7, 2021
Brazil health regulator authorizes clinical trials of Sanofi’s Covid-19 vaccine
The concurrent phase 1 and 2 trial is the 8th approved in Brazil; 150 volunteers will be selected in Bahia,...
July 7, 2021
Brazilian senator points to evidence of fraud in government Covaxin purchase document
Senator Simone Tebet (MDB-MS) on Tuesday in the Senate Covid CPI (investigative committee) pointed to evidence of manipulation of a...
July 7, 2021