Topic: brazil

Brazil adrift as virus toll approaches 100,000

Brazil adrift as virus toll approaches 100,000

Paula Ramon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 11:14 AM

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Five months after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil is fast approaching the bleak milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, a tragedy experts blame on the country's lack of coherent response. Read more »

Brazil doctors volunteer to test coronavirus vaccines

Brazil doctors volunteer to test coronavirus vaccines

Florence Goisnard with Jorge Svartzman in Rio de Janeiro, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 02:53 PM

SAO PAULO - In Brazil, health care workers are on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic in more ways than one, treating patients but also volunteering to test some of the most promising experimental vaccines. Read more »

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 90,000

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 90,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 08:11 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil registered record daily numbers of infections and deaths from the new coronavirus Wednesday, sending its overall death toll surging past 90,000 people.   Read more »

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 08:06 AM

A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the global pandemic.   Read more »

Brazil virus death toll surpasses 80,000

Brazil virus death toll surpasses 80,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 07:31 AM

Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 80,000 Monday, according to health ministry figures, as the country hit second-hardest in the world after the United States continued struggling to control the pandemic.   Read more »

Brazil to become testing ground for coronavirus vaccine

Brazil to become testing ground for coronavirus vaccine

Louis Genot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 07:49 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil may be struggling in its battle against the coronavirus, but it is on the cutting edge of vaccine development with large-scale trials and the production of millions of doses on the horizon. Read more »

President Bolsonaro of Brazil tests positive for coronavirus

President Bolsonaro of Brazil tests positive for coronavirus

Ernesto Londoño, Manuela Andreoni and Letícia Casado, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 08 05:40 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (UPDATE) — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, who has railed against social distancing measures and repeatedly downplayed the threat of the coronavirus as the epidemic in his country became the second-worst in the world, said Tuesday that he, too, has been infected. Read more »

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