Spain extends restrictions on flights from Brazil through mid-April
The Spanish government said on Tuesday, March 23rd, that it will extend the limitations on entry into its territory of...
March 24, 2021Section
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Brazilians are world’s 2nd-most rejected tourists; see which countries apply restrictions
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has become the top global center of new Covid-19 deaths, and Brazilians rank 2nd...
March 17, 2021
Brazil seeks “3rd path” to Covid-19 patent/waiver deadlock at WTO
Between the so-called vaccine nationalism and the broad permission for patent breach in the fight against Covid-19, as proposed by...
March 17, 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, 2021Portugal maintains travel restrictions to Brazil; Foreign Ministry confirms 3rd return flight
Portugal will maintain travel restrictions to and from Brazil until at least Easter, Prime Minister António Costa said on Thursday,...
March 12, 2021
New virus variants are now dominant in Amazonas and six other Brazilian states – Fiocruz
The coronavirus variants with higher transmission potential and possibly more lethal is now dominant in 6 Brazilian states, in addition...
March 11, 2021
At WTO meeting, Brazil does not support India’s proposal to waive vaccine patents
After weeks of silence to avoid a clash with India over the covid-19 vaccines, the Brazilian government has again opposed...
March 10, 2021
Brazil’s CDS, a measure of sovereign risk, resumes trading over 200 points
Along with the increase in the risk premium in other financial indicators, the Brazil risk measured by the five-year credit...
March 10, 2021
Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine neutralizes Brazil variant in lab study
The Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE was able to neutralize a new variant of the coronavirus spreading...
March 9, 2021