Sinovac’s COVID-19 Vaccine Over 50% Effective, Reports Newspaper Folha
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine against COVID-19 is over 50% effective in late-stage trials, newspaper Folha de...
December 23, 2020Topic
Coronavirus Brazil
Indonesia Requests Clinical Trial Data from Brazil After Its Own Vaccine Trials Lag
With the slow development of its own phase three clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Indonesia said it has...
December 23, 2020
Southern Brazil Faces Hardest Side of Pandemic
When the novel coronavirus pandemic began to spread across Brazil earlier this year, the southern region seemed to have privileged...
December 23, 2020
Brazil Scientists Identify New Coronavirus Strain Found in October
A group of researchers identified a new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, in the state of Rio...
December 23, 2020
Brazilian Pastor Subpoenaed after Saying Coronavac Causes Cancer and Contains HIV
Fortaleza Pastor Davi Góes was subpoenaed by the Ceará Prosecutor's Office (MPCE) to testify following the release of a video...
December 23, 2020
Brazil Health Ministry Expects 150 Million Vaccine Doses by June
Brazil’s Health Ministry expects the country to have 150 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 available in the first half...
December 22, 2020
Gringo View: The Bright Side of 2020
The good news about the year just about to end is that even if it has been an ‘annus horribilis’...
December 22, 2020
Brazil Health Regulator Certifies Sinovac’s CoronaVac Production Standards
Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Monday, December 21st, it had certified the production standards of CoronaVac, China’s Sinovac-produced coronavirus...
December 22, 2020
Survey: Eight in Ten Brazilians Say They Had Covid-19 or Know Someone Who Did
Almost half of respondents said that the person infected is a close friend. The survey also points out that the...
December 21, 2020