Brazil Passes 169,000 Covid-19 Deaths (November 21st)
The media outlet consortium released a new survey of the coronavirus pandemic situation in Brazil based on data from state...
November 22, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Covid-19: Healthcare Professionals Lack Training to Combat Second Wave
With the advance of Covid-19, health professionals continue complaining about working conditions - with good reason. Particularly in Brazil, less...
November 22, 2020
Six Brazilian State Capitals Have Over 80 Percent ICU Occupancy for Covid-19
ICU bed occupancy for critically ill Covid-19 patients in the country was again concerning, particularly in the three southern capitals,...
November 21, 2020
Growing Numbers of Blacks Attend Brazilian Universities, but Access Is Unequal
University student Luiza Ventura Lima, from Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro), in Baixada Fluminense, is waiting for the end...
November 21, 2020
Black Movement Coordinator: “Brazil Is in the Hands of Dishonest People”
The national coordinator of the Unified Black Movement (MNU), Iêda Leal, commented on Friday about the murder of a black...
November 21, 2020
Covid-19: New American Vaccine Expected to Begin Trials in Brazil in January
The Covaxx, a Covid-19 vaccine under the management of the American biopharmaceutical company United Biomedical, should begin trials in Brazil...
November 21, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Records Six Million Cumulative Cases (November 20th)
Brazil has now recorded over six million Covid-19 cases. In the past 24 hours, 38,397 new cases of the disease...
November 21, 2020
Record Number of Cars on Rio de Janeiro Highways This Extended Holiday Weekend
'Sem Parar' projection data, a Fleetcor Group company and leader in the automatic payments market in Brazil, show a ten...
November 21, 2020
Brazil Planning an 80% Resumption of Daily Flights During December
Brazil’s average daily flights fell from the original 2,500 to about 200 during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown period. In the...
November 21, 2020