Hesitant Brazil left out of first round of COVAX vaccine deliveries
Brazil was left out of the first batch of vaccines delivered by Covax, the global alliance created to guarantee the...
March 2, 2021Topic
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São Paulo fines over 40 establishments for curfew violation
According to the state government, the establishments were found in violation of the rule restricting circulation, opening hours or the...
March 1, 2021
Portugal keeps flights from and to Brazil and UK suspended
Portugal has maintained travel restrictions to and from Brazil and the United Kingdom, the government has announced, according to Lusa...
February 28, 2021
Brazil’s capital goes into lockdown to quell COVID-19 surge
The governor of Brazil’s capital city, Brasilia, decreed a 24-hour lockdown for all but essential services on Friday to curb...
February 27, 2021
Almost 20 Brazilian capitals on the verge of hospital collapse – Fiocruz
The country is living its worst moment since the start of the pandemic, according to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)....
February 27, 2021
Brazil to receive 9.1 million vaccine doses in first Covax batch
Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, is releasing 9.1 million doses to Brazil through the Covax initiative, a multilateral effort to...
February 27, 2021
Brazil’s president again says he will expose Pfizer’s demands on Brazil for vaccine purchase
President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday, February 24th, that the purchase of Pfizer vaccines is "something of great responsibility" given...
February 24, 2021
Brazil has almost 30 vaccine plants for cattle and only 2 for humans
The covid-19 pandemic has exposed a weakness in Brazil: the high dependence on imported raw materials from China for vaccine...
February 24, 2021
Covid-19: Brazil ranks 7th in the world in terms of administered doses
Brazil ranks 7th in the world in terms of the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered. According to a Bloomberg survey...
February 23, 2021