Brazilian Ministry of Health recommends booster dose against Covid from the age of 5
Brazilian Ministry of Health recommended the application of a booster dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 for children aged between...
January 5, 2023Topic
vaccine
Another 629,000 Pfizer doses reach Brazil on Wednesday
The 2.5 million vaccines are part of the 15 million Pfizer doses that the country will receive until the end...
May 4, 2021 Rio de Janeiro begins to administer Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
Today, May 4th, the city of Rio de Janeiro starts vaccination against Covid-19 with doses from U.S. drug maker Pfizer
May 4, 2021
Uruguay, with few Covid-19 cases, starts its vaccination plan
Uruguay on Monday became the last country in South America to launch a vaccination campaign, with a focus on teachers,...
March 2, 2021
Brazil’s Senate may propose freeing vaccine purchase by states, municipalities and companies
Senate president Rodrigo Pacheco (DEM-MG), said that the House was expected to submit a bill on Monday, February 22nd, releasing...
February 23, 2021
Brazil’s daily death average over 1,000 for 31 days; vaccine reaches 2.7% of the population
The Rio de Janeiro State Health Secretariat is investigating 13 cases of potential infection with the new covid-19 variants from...
February 22, 2021
Rio nurse who simulated administering Covid-19 vaccine charged, could face jail
Nurse Rozemary Gomes Pita, 42 years old, who simulated administering a dose of the covid-19 vaccine to a senior citizen...
February 19, 2021
India to test travellers from Brazil, South Africa, UK after detecting new virus strains
India will make COVID-19 molecular tests mandatory for people arriving directly or indirectly from the United Kingdom, South Africa and...
February 18, 2021
Pfizer says South African coronavirus variant could significantly reduce vaccine protection
A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce antibody protection from the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech...
February 18, 2021