Tag: Brazil covid vaccination
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday, March 31, rejected a request from the government to import doses of Covaxin, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Indian laboratory Bharat Biotech, citing a lack of safety data...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Uruguay and Argentina have overtaken Brazil in the ranking of vaccination against Covid-19 proportional to population, according to Our World in Data. Uruguay has administered 9.91 doses per 100 inhabitants so far, against Argentina's...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governments of France and other countries, such as Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, see signs of the emergence of a third wave of the disease and have begun to close doors, prepare for...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The nominee for the Health portfolio, physician Marcelo Queiroga, said that Brazil "will begin the largest immunization program against covid-19 in the country." He made the comment at an event on March 17th in...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil, which on Monday, March 15th, reached the mark of 10 million people vaccinated, about 5% of the population, registers a slow and unsatisfactory vaccination rate, in the opinion of 81% of Brazilians, while...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The nominee for Brazil’s health minister, who will represent the ministry’s third change of leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic, said on Tuesday, March 16th, that he plans to continue the policies of right-wing President...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Virologist Julian Tang, from the University of Leicester, UK, says that European nations, Oceania, Israel, and parts of Asia, such as Singapore and South Korea, are expected to resume trade, tourism, and travel between...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, February 11th, passed a bill that criminalizes jumping the queue for vaccination. The text will now be examined by the Senate.
The bill introduces a new type of crime,...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A development bank run by the BRICS group of major developing nations has disbursed US$1 (R$5.43) billion to help fund the Brazilian government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement from the...
