Despite public holidays and red phase, isolation does not exceed 51% in São Paulo
At its peak, social isolation in the municipality reached 50% on Easter Sunday, April 4th, lower than on Sunday March...
April 8, 2021Section
Covid-19
Brazil’s Supreme Court members disagree on church service attendance during pandemic
Federal Supreme Court (STF) justice Gilmar Mendes on Wednesday, April 7th, voted against the request for the unconstitutionality of state...
April 8, 2021
Potential new coronavirus variant found in Brazilian city, says UFMG study
A possible new strain of the coronavirus was identified in Belo Horizonte and metropolitan region by researchers from the Federal...
April 8, 2021
Covid-19 vaccine: 10.2% of Brazilians have received at least one dose
According to a survey conducted by VEJA, 21,335,474 Brazilians had been administered the first shot against the disease by Wednesday,...
April 8, 2021
Uruguay records more Covid-19 deaths in 6 days of April than in all of 2020
After a steady increase in the number of fatalities, for the first time on April 1, Uruguay recorded more than...
April 7, 2021
Brazil reports 92,625 new coronavirus cases, 3,829 deaths in 24 hours (April 7)
Brazil recorded 92,625 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 3,829 deaths from...
April 7, 2021
Jair Bolsonaro rules out imposing shutdown after new record of daily deaths in Brazil
Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, ruled out Wednesday imposing a shutdown in the country after health authorities confirmed on Tuesday a...
April 7, 2021
Armed Forces hospitals in Brazil leave up to 85% of beds unused without serving civilians – report
After a TCU (Federal Audit Court) decision, the Armed Forces opened, for the first time in the pandemic, the data...
April 7, 2021
In Brazil, the risk of death in ICUs is almost twice as high in public than in private healthcare
The mortality of patients with Covid admitted to private ICUs was 30%, while in public ICUs, it was 53%, as...
April 7, 2021