Mato Grosso state leads ICU unavailability in Brazil; no vacancies for 15 days
The state of Mato Grosso registered a sharp increase in demand for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds over the weekend...
March 22, 2021Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Mayors of São Paulo coastal cities announce lockdown starting next week
After meeting by videoconference this Friday afternoon, the mayors of nine cities in the Baixada Santista (São Paulo coastal region)...
March 20, 2021
In Brazil 80% of intubated COVID patients die, the world average is 50%
After months of analyzing data from patients intubated in Brazil as a result of Covid-19, Fiocruz researcher Fernando Bozza told...
March 20, 2021
Brazil and Germany establish digital cooperation plan
Brazil and Germany will engage in bilateral cooperation in the digital area.
March 17, 2021
Boosting Bolsa Família in Brazil would reduce inequality, says OECD
Brazil could have made twice as much progress in reducing income inequality had it transferred the money spent on increasing...
March 16, 2021
Updated information about airlines flying to Brazil amid the pandemic
Several airlines have cut international flights to Brazil due to the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions imposed by several countries....
March 15, 2021
“Massacre the Jews, God, hit them with your sword” – Federal Police raided evangelical church in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Friday’s raid in Rio de Janeiro was part of an operation titled “Shalom” by the...
March 14, 2021Portugal maintains travel restrictions to Brazil; Foreign Ministry confirms 3rd return flight
Portugal will maintain travel restrictions to and from Brazil until at least Easter, Prime Minister António Costa said on Thursday,...
March 12, 2021
New virus variants are now dominant in Amazonas and six other Brazilian states – Fiocruz
The coronavirus variants with higher transmission potential and possibly more lethal is now dominant in 6 Brazilian states, in addition...
March 11, 2021