Brazil’s private clinics look for ways to participate in Covid-19 vaccination
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After plans to buy India's Covaxin vaccine fell through in the wake of a series...
August 12, 2021Topic
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Covid mortality in São Paulo fell 46% in the last four months
The governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), announced Wednesday (14) that the mortality rate for covid-19 in the state...
July 14, 2021
Brazil government seeks mandatory coverage of Covid vaccine by private health plans
The Ministry of Health has sent a letter to the National Supplemental Health Agency (ANS) asking the health plans regulator...
July 4, 2021
Bolsonaro says pandemic emergency aid can be extended for 2 or 3 months after August
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that the pandemic emergency aid provided by the federal government...
July 1, 2021
Bolsonaro says he was unaware of suspicious negotiations over Indian vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, said Monday that he did not know how the...
June 28, 2021
Brazilians with full immunization represent 16.2% of vaccine-eligible population
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In Brazil, 71.152 million people were vaccinated with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine...
June 27, 2021
Brazilian government denies alleged irregularities in Indian Bharat vaccine negotiations
The Brazilian government denied on Wednesday that there were irregularities in the negotiation for the Indian covid vaccine Covaxin and...
June 23, 2021
Brazil’s Butantan director foresees need for annual Covid booster shots
Brazilians should prepare for annual COVID-19 immunizations to reinforce vaccines currently available, the head of public-sector laboratory Butantan said on...
May 27, 2021
Brazil bans entry of passengers from India into the country
Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by the covid-19 pandemic in the world, provisionally banned entry into the country...
May 15, 2021