Brazil Totals 4.4 Million Covid-19 Cases and 135,000 Deaths (September 18th)
Brazil passed the 135,000 Covid-19 deaths on Friday, September 18th. The number was released in the Ministry of Health's update....
September 19, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Covid-19: Brazil’s Private Hospital Bed Occupancy Rate Fell to 57 Percent in August
The monthly bed occupancy rate for Covid-19 in 52 private health plan carriers' hospitals dropped to 57 percent in August...
September 19, 2020
Bolsonaro Says ‘Staying Home’ Is Only ‘Idle Talk’ for ‘The Weak’
President Jair Bolsonaro called social isolation "small talk" and said the "stay at home" campaign is "for the weak". The...
September 19, 2020
Brazil Slashes Tariffs to Zero on Imports of Covid-19 Vaccines and Related Products
Brazil slashed temporarily the import tax on COVID-19 vaccines and other products related to the fight of the new coronavirus....
September 19, 2020
Latin America Resuming Social and Public Life Too Soon, Alerts W.H.O. Director
Latin America has started to resume normal social and public life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic still requires...
September 18, 2020
Almost 14 Percent of São Paulo Residents Have Been Infected by Novel Coronavirus
Approximately 1.64 million people in the city of São Paulo - 13.9 percent of the total population - have already...
September 18, 2020
Rio de Janeiro Court of Appeals Prohibits Reopening of Private Schools
Yesterday, September 17th, the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice (TJRJ) denied the city government's request for the reopening of...
September 18, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Totals 4.4 Million Cases and 134,900 Deaths (September 17th)
Brazil has reached 4,455,386 Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Within 24 hours, since Wednesday's bulletin, 36,303 new...
September 18, 2020
Gringo View: Our Existential Dilemma
(Opinion) At the beginning of the third act of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’, struggling in the knowledge of the rot and corruption...
September 18, 2020