Covid-19: Brazil Counts 130,000 Deaths and 4.28 Million Cumulative Cases (September 11th)
The Ministry of Health's daily balance on Friday, September 11th, reported a total of 130,396 deaths by Covid-19 since the...
September 12, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Adds R$125 Million Investment to Fight Covid-19 in Indigenous Areas
The Ministry of Health (MS) yesterday, September 11th, announced an additional injection of R$125 million to tackle Covid-19 in the...
September 12, 2020
FUNAI Coordinator Killed by Arrow in Isolated Indigenous Territory He Was Studying
Together with his friend Roberto de Barros Ossak, who is a Pastoral da Terra (organization for social justice and human...
September 11, 2020
Brazilian Prosecutors Investigating Petrobras Forex Transactions between 2008 and 2011
Brazil’s federal police were serving 25 search warrants as part of an investigation regarding foreign-exchange transactions done by oil company...
September 11, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Counts 922 Deaths in 24 Hours, Exceeds 129,000 Fatalities (September 10th)
Since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, 129,575 people have died from Covid-19, point out yesterday's data...
September 11, 2020
Bolsonaro: ANVISA to Decide on Covid-19 Vaccine Administration in Brazil
Over a live streaming on social media on Thursday, September 10th, President Jair Bolsonaro said that once a vaccine against...
September 11, 2020
Bahia State Will Test Russian Sputnik V Vaccine, Eyes Buying 50 Million Doses
The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase 3 clinical trials for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine...
September 11, 2020
Analysis: Brazilian Inflation Remains Low, yet Supermarket Prices Rise. Why?
Last week was marked by events ranging from the administrative reform to the holiday crowds and the search for the...
September 10, 2020
Half of São Paulo’s Cities Have Not Recorded Covid-19 Deaths in 14 Days
Data released on Wednesday, September 9th, by the São Paulo State Health Secretariat continue to show the downward trend of...
September 10, 2020