Covid-19: Only Five Percent of Rio’s Population Was Tested by Public Health System
Rio de Janeiro is currently home to some 17.2 million people. Of this total, only 860,000 - five percent -...
August 3, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
The Generation That Will Pay the Crisis Bill in Latin America
"We were so banal." The voice of Francisco Fernández Soto, a 21-year-old Peruvian student who lives in Lima, bears a...
August 3, 2020
Covid-19: W.H.O. Expects Pandemic to Remain Long Term
The World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee projects that the Covid-19 pandemic will persist for a long time, and it...
August 3, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Records 2.73 Million Infections and 94,100 Deaths (August 2nd)
Another 541 people have died because of Covid-19 in Brazil, according to official records on Sunday, July 2nd.
August 3, 2020
Supermarkets Seek Court Orders To Remain Open After Cities Decree Weekend Closing
Afraid of shortages due to the novel coronavirus, a combination of what occurred in other countries and disinformation in WhatsApp...
August 3, 2020
32,912 Lives Lost: July Records Highest Monthly Number of Covid-19 Deaths in Brazil
In July, Brazil recorded 32,912 confirmed deaths by Covid-19, according to data from the media outlets consortium with the country's...
August 2, 2020
Rio de Janeiro is Second-Worst State in Fighting Covid-19, per CLP Ranking
The Federal District (DF) took the lead in the ranking of states with the worst performance in the fight against...
August 2, 2020
Brazil’s Basic Income Scheme ‘Renda Brasil’ Will Cost R$52 Billion a Year
The R$600 emergency aid for low-income casual workers, the celebrated program that helped stem the Brazilian economy's tumble at the...
August 2, 2020
Brazil Counts 2.7 Million Cases and 93,600 Deaths by Covid-19 (August 1st)
Since the start of the pandemic, Brazil has registered 2.7 million people infected by Covid-19, according to a balance released...
August 2, 2020