Brazil produces first test batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccine components
The Brazilian pharmaceutical company União Química concluded the production of an experimental batch of Sputnik V vaccine components in its...
April 2, 2021Topic
brazil covid pandemic
Brazil’s Anvisa rejects bid to import Bharat Biotech vaccine
Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday, March 31, rejected a request from the government to import doses of Covaxin, the...
March 31, 2021
Bolsonaro loses Foreign and Defense ministers in a single day (March 29)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took a hit on Monday, March 29th, with...
March 29, 2021
Covid-19 cases in Brazil increase sixfold among young people; Fiocruz sees new trend
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Covid-19 Observatory of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) said this Friday, March 26, that...
March 27, 2021
For the 3rd time this week, São Paulo state records more than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours
The State Health Secretariat of São Paulo confirmed 1,051 covid-19 deaths in 24 hours this Saturday, 27.
March 27, 2021
Millions in Brazil thrown back into poverty as pandemic aid dries up
Tatiana Araujo de Sirqueira, a 33-year old single mother of six, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are almost neighbors. But...
March 26, 2021
Butantan announces first home-grown Brazilian vaccine and will start testing it in humans
Brazil announced on Friday, March 26, its first domestically manufactured vaccine, Butanvac, developed by the state-owned Butantan Institute and awaiting...
March 26, 2021
In both volume and speed, Brazil is leader among 50 countries receiving Chinese vaccines – ambassador
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chinese ambassador in Brasilia, Yang Wanming, said in an interview to GLOBO newspaper, that Brazilians...
March 26, 2021
Argentina says it will suspend flights from Brazil, Chile, and Mexico as of Saturday
The government said in a statement on Thursday, March 26, that the measures, which include tests and mandatory isolation for...
March 26, 2021