Pernambuco State to Close Beaches Next Week if Crowds Are Still Observed
Over an online press conference on Wednesday afternoon, State Health Secretary André Longo and State Justice and Human Rights Secretary...
January 14, 2021Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Confirms Circulation of New Coronavirus Variant in Amazon Region
It is the same variant that arrived in Japan after four Japanese travellers visited the Brazilian Amazon region and, according...
January 14, 2021
For Second Consecutive Day Brazil Registers 60,000+ Covid-19 Cases, 1,000+ Deaths,
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported more than 60,899 cases of infection with the novel coronavirus, a decline compared...
January 14, 2021
Brazil Truckers’ Leader Threatens Bigger Strike Than in 2018
José Roberto Stringasci, chairman of the Brazilian National Association of Independent Transportation (ANTB), told Estadão that the truckers' stoppage, scheduled...
January 14, 2021
São Paulo Advances Plan Reclassification and Should Harden Quarantine
The São Paulo government has decided to advance the reclassification of the São Paulo Plan: the announcement will be made...
January 14, 2021
United Kingdom Trying to Contain Brazil Coronavirus Variant from Entering Britain
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday, January 13th, the government was looking at ways to stop a variant...
January 14, 2021
Latest Brazil Data Show Disappointing 50.4% Efficacy for China’s CoronaVac Vaccine
The Chinese-developed Coronavac COVID-19 vaccine has demonstrated a 50 percent efficacy following tests in Brazil, the organization in charge of...
January 13, 2021
India’s Bharat Biotech to Supply Its COVID-19 Vaccine to Brazil
India’s Bharat Biotech has signed an agreement with a medicine distributor to supply its COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil, it said...
January 12, 2021
Belo Horizonte Tightens Quarantine Again; Businesses Threaten Boycott
Faced with the growing number of cases and hospitalizations after end-of-year parties, the Mayor of the capital of Minas Gerais...
January 12, 2021