Alessandra Said, 45, a doctor at Emergency Rescue Service (SAMU) and her colleague transport a patient, who suffers from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), from the Emergency Service to the Delphina Rinaldi Abdel Aziz hospital in Manaus, Brazil May 12, 2020. .REUTERS/Bruno KellyBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil confirmed 15,305 new cases of…
MEXICO CITY, May 14 (Reuters) - Brazil and Mexico on Thursday reported a record one-day rise in new coronavirus cases, just as leaders of both countries intensified attempts to reopen their economies even as the spread of the virus in Latin America is seemingly gathering pace. Brazilian right-wing populist President…
Another political scandal in Brazil. This time in the middle of a pandemic. The media are addicted ... to this junk. The market is running for the door. (Photo by Andressa Anholete/Getty Images) Getty Images Brazil is deciding to put the country through yet another political scandal, right in the…
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil registered a record number of new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing France’s tally to become the sixth-worst hit country, as the disease sends the economy toward its worst year since at least 1900. Relatives watch as gravediggers wearing protective suits bury the coffin…
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday declared gyms and hair salons as essential services that can stay open through the new coronavirus outbreak, easing measures to control the disease despite new cases and deaths surging in the country. An agent checks the temperature of a driver at…
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BRASILIA/SAO PAULO/MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in the worst hit part of Brazil’s remote Amazon region may be three times the official count, according to data from public notaries reviewed by Reuters, as the spread of the disease overwhelms the public health system. FILE PHOTO: Workers…
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Indigenous groups from nine countries in the Amazon basin called on Wednesday for donations to help protect 3 million rainforest inhabitants who are vulnerable to the spread of the novel coronavirus because they lack adequate access to healthcare. They said the failure of regional governments to consider…
BRASILIA (Reuters) - São Luis became Brazil’s first major city to begin a coronavirus “lockdown” on Tuesday with another, Fortaleza, saying it would follow suit on Friday, as local health services struggle to cope with the pandemic. Tuesday’s lockdown measure covers São Luis and parts of three other municipalities with…