SAO PAULO (REUTERS) – Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa on Saturday (Sept 4) suspended the use of more than 12 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech that were produced in an unauthorised plant, it said
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Brazil high court orders Bolsonaro investigated for 'vote fraud' claims
BRASILIA (AFP) – A Supreme Court justice ruled on Wednesday (Aug 4) President Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for unproven claims Brazil’s electronic voting system is riddled with fraud, adding the far-right leader to an ongoing probe on the spread
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro may need emergency surgery
BRASILIA (REUTERS) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will travel to Sao Paulo to undergo tests for an obstructed intestine, and could receive emergency surgery, the president’s office said on Wednesday (July 14), in his latest health complication from a 2018
US to send 3 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Brazil after single-day record in cases
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States on Thursday (June 24) will ship three million doses of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot Covid-19 vaccine to Brazil, the country with the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, a White House official said.
Brazil's easing of Covid-19 controls will cause new surge, experts warn
RIO DE JANEIRO (REUTERS) – The corner bars are jammed once again with rambunctious crowds in Brazil’s largest cities, but health experts warn that the easing of Covid-19 restrictions is premature and will deepen the world’s second deadliest pandemic. “People
Opinion | My Daughter and I Are Trapped in Brazil’s Tragedy
We spend our days watching ambulances, as Covid-19 rips through the country. By Vanessa Barbara Ms. Barbara is a contributing opinion writer who focuses on Brazilian politics, culture and everyday life. SÃO PAULO, Brazil — From the balcony of my
In Brazil, graveyard shift reveals staggering cost of pandemic
SAO PAULO (AFP) – In almost three decades of working in Sao Paulo’s largest cemetery, the oldest gravediggers can’t remember performing more than 10 night burials. But since the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic swept across Brazil, that exception
President Bolsonaro further relaxes gun laws in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – President Jair Bolsonaro has issued a series of decrees further relaxing gun control laws in Brazil, one of the far-right leader’s signature issues. The four decrees, issued late on Friday (Feb 12), increase the number
Brazil: Amazon deforestation hits 12-year high under President Bolsonaro
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has suffered its worst deforestation for 12 years. An area of 11,088 km2 (2.7 million acres) – seven times the size of London – was lost in a year. The official data from Brazil’s space research agency
Brazilian clothes brand removes image of Hindu deity from shorts
BRASILIA (REUTERS) – A Brazilian fashion clothes brand has removed ads for its line of shorts for men and women that used an image of Lord Ganesh, one of the most revered deities of Hinduism, in response to complaints of