IBOV 172,060.43 ▲ 0.42% IPC MEX 72,419.39 ▲ 0.73% MERVAL 2,848,945 — — USD/BRL5.58— 0.00% USD/MXN18.64▲ 0.19% USD/CLP982.08▼ 0.22% USD/COP3,288▼ 0.60% USD/PEN3.41▼ 0.03% USD/ARS1,544▼ 0.03% USD/UYU40.52▲ 3.70% USD/PYG6,174▲ 3.14% USD/BOB11.63▲ 1.12% USD/DOP60.48▲ 0.05% USD/CRC446.01▲ 1.79% USD/GTQ7.64▲ 3.16% USD/HNL26.90▲ 3.29% USD/NIO36.62▲ 2.73% USD/VES902.19▼ 0.13% USD/PAB1.00— 0.00% USD/BZD2.00— 0.00% USD/JMD157.49▲ 2.41% USD/TTD6.72▲ 2.22% EUR/BRL6.18▼ 0.78% BRENT 92.66 ▼ 0.11% WTI 86.45 ▼ 0.09% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.23 ▼ 0.79% GOLD 3,971 ▼ 0.75% SILVER 51.31 ▼ 1.11% SOY 1,227 ▼ 0.20% CORN 448.00 — 0.00% WHEAT 600.75 ▲ 0.21% COFFEE 265.45 ▼ 2.19% SUGAR 18.47 ▲ 2.10% ORANGE JUICE 146.60 ▼ 0.10% COTTON 82.35 ▲ 4.65% COCOA 5,061 ▲ 6.73% BEEF 218.98 ▼ 0.10% CATTLE 327.80 ▼ 0.77% LITHIUM 61.07 ▲ 1.82% PETR4 43.55 ▼ 3.11% VALE3 64.43 ▼ 0.57% ITUB4 41.72 ▲ 1.26% BBDC4 14.33 ▼ 1.44% ABEV3 15.85 ▲ 0.38% BBAS3 16.89 ▼ 1.23% B3SA3 14.80 ▲ 2.21% WEGE3 51.61 ▲ 1.30% PRIO3 61.47 ▲ 2.42% SUZB3 53.80 ▼ 1.21% RENT3 30.24 ▲ 1.51% AZZA3 15.37 ▲ 4.34% CSAN3 3.03 ▲ 13.06% RAIZ4 0.30 ▼ 98.60% PCAR3 2.54 ▼ 0.78% GMAT3 4.08 ▲ 7.09% PSSA3 45.98 ▼ 1.48% CVCB3 0.86 — 0.00% POSI3 3.32 ▲ 5.40% SLCE3 17.05 ▼ 0.23% NATU3 5.62 ▲ 1.26% BRKM5 2.92 — 0.00% RANI3 8.39 ▼ 0.71% CSNA3 4.52 ▲ 3.20% IBOV 172,060.43 ▲ 0.42% IPC MEX 72,419.39 ▲ 0.73% MERVAL 2,848,945 — — USD/BRL 5.58 ▲ 0.00% USD/MXN 18.63 ▲ 0.17% USD/CLP 982.08 ▼ 0.22% USD/COP 3,288 ▼ 0.60% USD/PEN 3.41 ▼ 0.03% USD/ARS 1,544 ▼ 0.11% USD/UYU 40.52 ▲ 3.32% USD/PYG 6,174 ▲ 3.14% USD/BOB 11.63 ▲ 1.12% USD/DOP 60.48 ▲ 0.13% USD/CRC 446.01 ▲ 1.79% USD/GTQ 7.64 ▲ 3.18% USD/HNL 26.90 ▲ 3.29% USD/NIO 36.62 ▲ 2.73% USD/VES 902.19 ▲ 0.19% USD/PAB 1.00 — 0.00% USD/BZD 2.00 — 0.00% USD/JMD 157.49 ▲ 2.41% USD/TTD 6.72 ▲ 2.22% EUR/BRL 6.18 ▼ 0.78% BRENT 92.66 ▼ 0.11% WTI 86.45 ▼ 0.09% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.23 ▼ 0.79% GOLD 3,971 ▼ 0.75% SILVER 51.31 ▼ 1.11% SOY 1,227 ▼ 0.20% CORN 448.00 — 0.00% WHEAT 600.75 ▲ 0.21% COFFEE 265.45 ▼ 2.19% SUGAR 18.47 ▲ 2.10% ORANGE JUICE 146.60 ▼ 0.10% COTTON 82.35 ▲ 4.65% COCOA 5,061 ▲ 6.73% BEEF 218.98 ▼ 0.10% CATTLE 327.80 ▼ 0.77% LITHIUM 61.07 ▲ 1.82% PETR4 43.55 ▼ 3.11% VALE3 64.43 ▼ 0.57% ITUB4 41.72 ▲ 1.26% BBDC4 14.33 ▼ 1.44% ABEV3 15.85 ▲ 0.38% BBAS3 16.89 ▼ 1.23% B3SA3 14.80 ▲ 2.21% WEGE3 51.61 ▲ 1.30% PRIO3 61.47 ▲ 2.42% SUZB3 53.80 ▼ 1.21% RENT3 30.24 ▲ 1.51% AZZA3 15.37 ▲ 4.34% CSAN3 3.03 ▲ 13.06% RAIZ4 0.30 ▼ 98.60% PCAR3 2.54 ▼ 0.78% GMAT3 4.08 ▲ 7.09% PSSA3 45.98 ▼ 1.48% CVCB3 0.86 — 0.00% POSI3 3.32 ▲ 5.40% SLCE3 17.05 ▼ 0.23% NATU3 5.62 ▲ 1.26% BRKM5 2.92 — 0.00% RANI3 8.39 ▼ 0.71% CSNA3 4.52 ▲ 3.20%
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Robbie Williams Believed He Had Covid-19 and Admits He Feared for His Life

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Robbie Williams was quarantined 21 days after returning from Australia, where he had scheduled a concert that, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, was ultimately cancelled. It was during this quarantine period that the musician feared the worst: being infected with Covid-19.

Concerned about the lack of food and with medication running out, the musician admits that he felt “very fearful for a few days”.

"I began to feel that my body was becoming lethargic, tired and heavy, and I convinced myself that I had coronavirus," he recalls in a statement to The Sun newspaper.
“I began to feel that my body was becoming lethargic, tired and heavy, and I convinced myself that I had coronavirus,” he recalls in a statement to The Sun newspaper.
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“I began to feel that my body was becoming lethargic, tired and heavy, and I convinced myself that I had coronavirus,” he recalls in a statement to The Sun newspaper.

Fearing for his life, the musician decided to pray for his health and for his family. I don’t often do this, but I knelt down and prayed. I thought about my wife and family. (…) The symptoms disappeared and the fear disappeared,” he explains.

This was also the way he found to protect himself against anxiety and negative energies: “I have to do this because I’m depressive”, he adds, advising everyone to put away negative feelings during quarantine.

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