Covid-19: Brazil Has Over 1,200 New Deaths, 60,000 New Cases (August 13th)
The Ministry of Health's daily balance on the novel coronavirus pandemic, released yesterday, August 13th, reported 1,262 deaths and 60,091...
August 14, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Covid-19: What Is Known About Russian Vaccine and Why Is It Challenged?
Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced the development of a vaccine against Covid-19, which will have received regulatory approval in less...
August 13, 2020
“Bishop of the Poor”: Mourning and Recognition After Death of Pedro Casaldáliga
Prominent figures and government officials in Latin America have expressed their sorrow at the death of the Catholic bishop and...
August 13, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Counts 104,000 Deaths, 3.16 Million Accumulated Cases (August 12th)
Brazil has reached 104,201 deaths caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
August 13, 2020
Rio to Test Beach Placement Markings Using App
The Rio de Janeiro City Hall has announced that it will begin testing a marker system, through an App, for...
August 12, 2020
Putin Announces Russia As First Country to Register Its “Sputnik-5” Covid-19 Vaccine
On Tuesday, August 11th, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is the first country in the world to register...
August 12, 2020
Forty Percent of Brazil’s Youths with College Degrees Have No Professional Employment
Daughter of a housemaid, 22-year-old Camila Striato Martinez was the first person in her family to complete university.
August 12, 2020
PAHO: Brazil Has Not Overcome Pandemic, Needs to Advance Testing
Marcos Espinal, Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), said on Tuesday, August...
August 12, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Records Another 1,274 Deaths and 52,160 Cases (August 11th)
The Ministry of Health's daily update, released yesterday, August 11th, shows that Brazil counts 3,109,630 confirmed Covid-19 cases since the...
August 12, 2020