Rio City Hall Decides to Extend Phase 5 of Social Isolation Relaxation
On Sunday, August 16th, Mayor Marcelo Crivella announced that phase 5 of the plan to relax social isolation measures in...
August 17, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Latin America Coronavirus Cases Exceed Six Million, Continue to Accelerate
Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceed six million and continued to...
August 17, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Records 23,101 More Confirmed Cases (August 16th)
The balance released yesterday, August 16th, by the Ministry of Health, shows 620 new deaths from Covid-19 in the past...
August 17, 2020
Wife of Brazil’s President Says she has Tested Negative for Coronavirus
Michelle Bolsonaro, wife of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, said on Sunday she had tested negative for the novel coronavirus, roughly...
August 16, 2020
Tornado in Santa Catarina State Leaves 16 Injured, Over 800 Evacuated
A tornado hit the state of Santa Catarina on Friday, August 14th, and left a trail of destruction in at...
August 16, 2020
Rare Deadly Syndrome Affects Children with Covid-19, Claims Victims in Brazil
Data from the Rio de Janeiro State Health Secretariat (SES) reported this week that at least seven children who contracted...
August 16, 2020
Raped Since Age Six; Pregnant at Ten; in Unexplained Limbo Awaiting Legal Abortion
Pregnancy at age ten kills. This was the message, in the form of a hashtag, that took hold of social...
August 16, 2020
Angolan Prosecutor’s Office Closes Brazilian Universal Church Temples in Three Cities
The Angolan Prosecutor General's Office (PGR) launched an operation on Friday, August 14th, to close temples of the Universal Church...
August 16, 2020
New Study Discloses 11 Most Common Covid-19 Symptoms Among Brazilians
A study published on Wednesday, August 12th, by the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), in Rio Grande do Sul, detected...
August 16, 2020