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Brazil Sees Second-highest Daily Covid-19 Death Toll Since mid-August (January 20th)

Brazil on Wednesday, January 20th, reported more 1,340 deaths from COVID-19 in a day, the second highest daily count since...

January 21, 2021

São Paulo City Hall Expects Worsening of Covid-19 Cases Next Week

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The São Paulo City Hall expects an increase in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations for next...

January 20, 2021

Covid Vaccination in São Paulo City Should Only Start on March 23rd

Elderly people over 75 years of age will be immunized against Covid-19 only as of March 23rd in the state...

January 20, 2021

São Paulo Governor Says Bolsonaro’s Attacks Create Uneasiness with Chinese Government

São Paulo Governor João Doria considers that there is "clear uneasiness on the part of the Chinese government with the...

January 20, 2021

Brazil Detects First Case of Sars-CoV-2 Reinfection by South African Variant

Brazilian researchers have recorded the first case of reinfection caused by the South African variant of Sars-CoV-2. The finding was...

January 20, 2021

BioNTech/Pfizer Vaccine May Prevent Virus Transmission, Study Says

Researchers from Sheba Medical Center in Israel on Wednesday, January 20th, presented the results of a study with 102 subjects...

January 20, 2021

Brazil Sets Out Diplomatic Position Ahead of US President Biden’s Administration

President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, which embraced both the Trump administration and its core ideals, wants president Joe Biden to know...

January 20, 2021

In-depth: New, More Contagious, More Deadly Covid-19 Strain Likely Source of Surge in Amazonas

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new variety of Covid-19 which seems to have developed in far-western Amazonas state is...

January 20, 2021

Brazil Now Has Vaccines for Only 4% of Priority Groups; Faces Multiple Challenges

The first batch distributed to states is expected to immunize 2.8 million people. In addition to the import bottleneck, experts...

January 20, 2021