Covid-19: 8 Brazilian capital cities show drop in severe cases of respiratory diseases
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) detected a drop in hospitalizations for the so-called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 8...
February 13, 2021Topic
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Indigenous leaders in Brazil warn of missionaries turning Amazon villages against vaccines
Medical teams working to immunize Brazil’s remote indigenous villages against the coronavirus have encountered fierce resistance in some communities where...
February 12, 2021
Congress’s position on 5-day vaccince approval is “criminal” – former ANVISA president
Public health physician Gonzalo Vecina, ex-president of the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency today classified Congress' position as "criminal" and "disastrous",...
February 11, 2021
First exports to Brazil of India’s homegrown Bharat Biotech shot likely this week
India’s Bharat Biotech said on Tuesday, February 9th, it was likely to export its COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil and the...
February 9, 2021
Brazilians Book Trips Abroad for After the Vaccine
Whereas early on in the pandemic whatever foreign travel from Brazil was taking place was accounted for by executives and...
February 8, 2021
Brazil Gets First Active Ingredients for Oxford/AstraZeneca Vaccine From China
A first shipment of 88 liters of active ingredients to make AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil arrived from China on...
February 6, 2021
Brazil Invested R$6 Billion in Covid-19 Vaccines, Says Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it has already spent R$6 (US$1.1) billion to secure the immunization of the...
February 6, 2021
Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro Bans All 2021 Carnaval Celebrations
The city of Rio de Janeiro, the municipality with the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in Brazil, today banned all...
February 5, 2021
Brazil to Buy 20 Million More Doses of China’s CoronaVac, Says São Paulo Governor
Brazil is in talks to buy an additional 20 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech,...
February 5, 2021