Opinion: “Not Even the Worst Health Minister Has Done What the Army Is Doing to SUS”
Adriano Massuda, 41, spares no harsh terms to describe the failures of the Bolsonaro government and part of the state...
June 26, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he may have had coronavirus despite negative test
virus multiple times weeks earlier.
June 26, 2020
Brazil Ranks First in Number of Covid-19 Recoveries
Brazil has passed the United States and has become the country with the highest number of people recovered from Covid-19...
June 26, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Totals 54,900 Deaths and 1.22 Million Cases (June 25th)
Brazil recorded 1,141 new deaths from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, according to a Ministry of Health update released...
June 26, 2020
São Paulo Again Sets Record of Confirmed Covid-19 Cases (June 25th)
With 9,765 new cases confirmed in 24 hours, the state of São Paulo has broken the record for daily coronavirus...
June 26, 2020
Amid Covid-19 Crisis, Brazil’s Economy Will Contract Much More Than World Average
Projections for the Brazilian economy are becoming increasingly bleak. On Wednesday, June 24th, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its...
June 25, 2020
W.H.O. Director Calls Predicting Date of Pandemic Peak in Brazil ‘Very Difficult’
Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO), said predicting when the pandemic will peak in a country...
June 25, 2020
New Zika Virus Strain Circulating in Brazil May Lead to Epidemic, Study Says
A new strain of the zika virus is in circulation in Brazil, according to researchers at the Center for the...
June 25, 2020
São Paulo Announces Gradual Reopening Plan for Schools, Starting in September
The governor of São Paulo, João Doria, and the Secretary of Education, Rossieli Soares, on Wednesday announced the "post-covid" plan...
June 25, 2020