Brazil: Committee passes bill regulating quarantine and lockdowns
The term of restrictive measures may not exceed 30 days, but maybe extended should the reasons that prompted its decree...
December 21, 2021Topic
social isolation
Paraguay has close to 17,000 early and forced unions for girls and adolescents
The reasons are related to families' many economic problems and low schooling rates. The forced union of a girl or...
August 31, 2021
São Paulo delivery orders triple in first half of 2021
Data from Box Delivery, a platform that connects restaurants to delivery partners, saw the number of orders surge from 76,800...
August 4, 2021
Social isolation in São Paulo hits worst mark on a Sunday since early May
With an average of 46% on Sunday, June 27, São Paulo's social isolation index reached its worst mark on a...
June 29, 2021
Number of companies opened in Brazil in 2020 sets record
According to Serasa Experian, over 3 million companies opened in 2020, almost 9% growth compared to 2019, surpassing the 2011...
May 28, 2021
Rio and São Paulo resume activities at half speed after ten days of public holidays
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro put an end on Monday to ten days of public holidays with which the...
April 5, 2021
Rio lives a decisive week for the future of the pandemic, says municipal health secretary
The public and private network in Rio has an ICU occupancy rate above 90% and the waiting line for hospitalizations...
March 29, 2021
Antidepressants sales hike 17% during pandemic year in Brazil
A survey from the National Council of Pharmacies shows that nearly 100 million boxes of prescription drugs were sold in...
February 23, 2021
Scientists forecast 3rd wave of Covid-19 in Manaus unless full lockdown decreed
he State of Amazonas could spread the health crisis across the whole national territory.The same team of scientists that predicted,...
February 9, 2021