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Bolsonaro refused Pfizer vaccine at half the price paid by the U.S. and European Union

Jair Bolsonaro's government declined the Pfizer vaccine at half the price paid by the United States, the United Kingdom and...

June 7, 2021

Bolsonaro: We are experiencing biggest hydrological crisis in Brazil history

Brazil's President Jair Bolsona says the country is is experiencing the biggest hydrological crisis in its history

June 4, 2021

Chile and Uruguay to vaccinate youths aged 12 and older against Covid-19

Chile and Uruguay this week approved the administration of Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine to minors 12 years of age...

June 2, 2021

Brazil’s Maranhão state to receive 600,000 rapid tests for Indian Covid-19 variant

São Luís, capital of Maranhão, and neighboring cities will be supplied with some 300,000 extra doses of the vaccine against...

May 24, 2021

Brazil’s Health Ministry says it has distributed 90 million Covid vaccine doses

90 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been distributed by Brazil's Health Ministry, although production is hampered by lack of API

May 19, 2021

Panama reports second consecutive day with no Covid-19 deaths

Panama reports second consecutive day without covid-19 deaths, and a lethality rate of 1.7%, one of the lowest in Latin...

May 18, 2021

Brazil may return to ‘normal life’ in October – UBS projection

If the expected vaccination rate against the coronavirus is maintained, Brazil may reach some kind of normality as early as...

May 12, 2021

Foreign minister Mouynes: ‘Panama is prepared to leave the grey lists’

Panama is diplomatically and politically prepared to leave the grey lists, stated Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes

May 10, 2021

Brazil’s government concedes purchase of only half of previously announced vaccines

Brazil's Ministry of Health confirmed 280 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines contracted to date, pending negotiation on more doses

May 5, 2021