Rio de Janeiro Carnaval director ‘Laíla’ dies of Covid-19
Rio's Carnival director Luiz Fernando Ribeiro do Carmo, known as Laíla, died this Friday (18), at the age of 78,...
June 18, 2021Section
Covid-19
Number of lawsuits in Brazil to guarantee ICU beds quadruples
G1's survey shows the demand for an ICU bed in the courts has increased 4X over the past 3 months,...
June 18, 2021
Covax Facility still fails to deliver vaccines contracted by Brazil – Health Minister
The Covax Facility consortium has not been able to deliver the Covax-19 vaccines contracted by Brazil, according to Health Minister...
June 18, 2021
Rio de Janeiro Mayor plans to vaccinate everyone over 18 by late August
Rio de Janeiro Mayor announced the anticipation of vaccination schedule of adults over 18 years of age until the end...
June 18, 2021
Covid-19 situation in Brazil critical and may worsen in winter – Fiocruz
The Covid-19 pandemic situation in Brazil remains critical and may worsen in the coming weeks with the onset of winter,...
June 18, 2021
Brazil administers record 2.2 million Covid vaccine doses in a day (June 17)
Brazil administered a record 2,220,845 Covid-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, June 17, according to data gathered and released by the...
June 18, 2021
Brazil may miss deadline to buy 100 million Covishield vaccine doses
Brazil may miss next Fr'iday's deadline to buy 100 million Covishield doses from Indian Serum Institute Laboratory
June 17, 2021
New cases drop 11% in Chile and authorities speak of “stabilization”
Chilean health authorities said Thursday that the number of covid-19 infections has "stabilized" after reporting that in the last seven...
June 17, 2021
Brazil surpasses 496,000 deaths, closing in on half a million victims (June 17)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil registered 2,311 deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours and surpassed 496,000 deaths,...
June 17, 2021