Pharma company tells Brazil’s Covid CPI that it billed 8 times more in 2020 with “Covid kit” drugs
EMS pharmaceutical company advised the Senate's Covid CPI that it invoiced R$142 (US$28.2) million with "Covid kit" drugs in 2020,...
June 17, 2021Topic
coronavirus
Covid-19 in the Americas: what you need to know today (June 16)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Caribbean will not reopen if its population is not vaccinated. This is how emphatic...
June 16, 2021
Colombia adds another 27,827 new Covid-19 infections and 595 deaths (June 16)
Colombian health authorities reported on Wednesday that 595 people died due to the coronavirus in a day in which there...
June 16, 2021
São Paulo to permit resumption of in-person school classes on August 1
Starting August 1, São Paulo schools will be in a position to resume in-person classes without setting a maximum limit...
June 16, 2021
Brazil’s Covid CPI: Fierce clash between former allies Flávio Bolsonaro and ex-Rio governor Witzel
The Covid CPI (investigative committee) was the scene of a clash between ex-governor of Rio de Janeiro Wilson Witzel and...
June 16, 2021
Northeast Brazilian state entices residents for second vaccine dose with US$2,000 raffle
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Maranhão governor Flávio Dino (PCdoB) on Tuesday, June 15, announced that the state will draw...
June 16, 2021
Uruguay adds 2,813 new cases and 53 Covid-19 deaths (June 15)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Uruguay added this Tuesday 2,813 new cases of Covid-19 after 19,669 tests were processed, according...
June 15, 2021
Spain extends restrictions on flights from Brazil for 10th time
Only Spanish or Andorran citizens, residents of both countries, and passengers in international connections to a country outside the Schengen...
June 15, 2021
Bolsonaro says he will veto “vaccine passport” being discussed in Brazil’s Congress
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro increasingly becomes a champion against compulsory vaccination and fights deprivation of civil rights for non-vaccinated people.
June 15, 2021