Lula da Silva threatens to blame Christians for pandemic deaths
President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, left) said on Thursday (Nov. 24) that the government needs to convince the...
November 25, 2022Topic
Brazil covid vaccination
Covid-19: Brazil’s Supreme Court overturns labor regulation banning hirings and firings for lack of vaccination
Once again, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in Brazil has overturned a measure taken by the Bolsonaro government.
November 13, 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
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
With half the death rate of Brazil, Europe bets on lockdowns against a 3rd wave
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governments of France and other countries, such as Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, see...
March 19, 2021
New health minister says Brazil will begin the country’s largest immunization program against Covid-19
The nominee for the Health portfolio, physician Marcelo Queiroga, said earlier that Brazil "will begin the largest immunization program against...
March 17, 2021
Survey: 81% of Brazilians consider vaccination slow; 62% see mass coverage only in 2022
Brazil, which on Monday, March 15th, reached the mark of 10 million people vaccinated, about 5% of the population, registers...
March 17, 2021
Brazil’s next Health Minister vows to continue Bolsonaro’s policies
The nominee for Brazil’s health minister, who will represent the ministry’s third change of leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, said...
March 16, 2021
Covid-19: new global risk map should have Brazil in ‘red zone’, say scientists
Virologist Julian Tang, from the University of Leicester, UK, says that European nations, Oceania, Israel, and parts of Asia, such...
March 16, 2021