São Paulo Hits New Record of Covid-19 Deaths, With 434 in 24 Hours (June 23rd)
The São Paulo Secretary of Health, José Henrique Germann, reported that the state has reached the 13,068 death mark from...
June 24, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Oxford Vaccine Against Covid-19 Starts Trials In São Paulo Healthcare Professionals
The Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and the Lemann Foundation confirmed on Monday, June 22nd, that trials of the...
June 24, 2020
Brazil Counts 1,378 Deaths and Over 39,000 Cases in One Day (June 23rd)
The Ministry of Health yesterday reported a further 1,378 deaths from the novel coronavirus pandemic, bringing the cumulative total to...
June 24, 2020
British Newspaper Ranks Brazil at Top of “Places to Avoid”
The British daily The Independent has placed Brazil at the top of a list of countries to be avoided due...
June 23, 2020
Opinion: Bolsonaro’s Silence After 50,000 Deaths Confirms That Covid Is Not Priority
In terms of significance, 50,000 Brazilians killed were less relevant than the arrest of Fabrício Queiroz, who was hiding in...
June 23, 2020
Covid-19: Pacaembu Field Hospital in São Paulo to Close Down
The Pacaembu Field Hospital will close down on June 30th. The news, to be announced this Tuesday, June 23rd by...
June 23, 2020
Brazil’s Inland Cities Account for Nearly 60 Percent of Covid Cases
Initially concentrated in the capitals, the Covid-19 pandemic has advanced more powerfully in recent weeks towards the interior, which now...
June 23, 2020
Opinion: Poverty Does Not Excuse Omission
The spread of Covid-19 has exposed the challenges in tailoring the lessons that worked in Europe or Asia to poorer...
June 23, 2020
Bolsonaro Considers Actions Against Covid-19 ‘Excess’, Calls for Reopening of Trade
On Monday, June 22nd, President Jair Bolsonaro once again advocated the reopening of trade and said that "there may have...
June 23, 2020