Brazilian Plane Will Fly Oxygen to Beleaguered Manaus after India Denies Vaccine Access
The Brazilian flight that would pick up the two million doses of the Oxford vaccine in India was cancelled and...
January 16, 2021Topic
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Pandemic-struck Amazonas Is Warning for Rest of Brazil, Says Fiocruz Infectologist
Fiocruz infectologist Marcus Lacerda attends to at least 40 cases of Covid-19 in Manaus, capital city of the Brazilian Amazonas...
January 16, 2021
Brazil Federal Government Demands Butantan Deliver Six Million Coronavac Doses
The issue is controversial because the São Paulo government wants to reserve part of the Chinese vaccine's imported doses to...
January 16, 2021
India Claims It Cannot Meet Brazil’s Vaccine Demand at This Time
Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo made one last unsuccessful attempt to keep the schedule set by the federal government to bring...
January 16, 2021
With ICUs Collapsing, Rio de Janeiro Experiences Covid-19 Deaths Peak After Holidays
The state of Rio, which leads the national Covid-19 mortality rate ranking, on Wednesday, January 13th reached the highest daily...
January 15, 2021
Delay in Doses From India Raises Doubts on Start of Vaccination in Brazil
One day after advising Mayors that the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 would begin next Wednesday, January 20th, the Ministry of...
January 15, 2021
Most Brazilian Cities Have Syringes Needed for COVID-19 Vaccinations: Mayors
Most of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities have enough syringes to begin vaccinating residents against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the National...
January 15, 2021
Poll: Only Four in Ten Brazilians Believe Life Will Return to Normal in 2021
Brazilians are not optimistic about going back to their pre-pandemic routines this year.
January 15, 2021
Brazil Covid Rolling Average Peaks; ANVISA Demands More Data from Vaccine Makers
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The rolling daily average of Covid-19 cases broke a new record on Tuesday, January 14th,...
January 15, 2021