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China's Sinovac vaccine is 50.7% effective against COVID-19, just reaching the threshold to be a vaccine worth using, a major trial showed
Sinovac's CoronaVac was more than 50% effective - the threshold above which the WHO considers a vac…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Bolsonaro dismisses being labeled 'genocidal' as daily COVID-19 deaths in Brazil top 4,000
The situation is so dire in Brazil that experts warn its COVID-19 death toll could eventually surpa…
John Haltiwanger
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Brazil records 4,000 daily COVID-19 deaths for the first time
President Jair Bolsonaro opposes lockdown measures and has downplayed the virus throughout the pand…
Sinéad Baker
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Two Brazil governors test positive for coronavirus
Governors Wilson Witzel of Rio de Janeiro and Helder Barbalho of the northern state of Para both po…
PTI
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Brazil faces the coronavirus abyss. It has the highest daily deaths in the world and the COVID-19 crisis is going to get worse, experts warn.
Brazil has far more daily COVID-19 deaths than any other nation in the world. President Bolsonaro's…
Joshua Zitser
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Brazil's president, presiding over one of the world's worst COVID-19 outbreaks, tells people to 'stop whining'
After a year spreading coronavirus misinformation, President Jair Bolsonaro is downplaying the viru…
Sinéad Baker
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The UK is rushing to track down a person infected with P.1, the coronavirus variant first found in Brazil. Officials don't know who the person is, or where in the country they are.
One of the people identified as having P.1, the variant first found in Brazil, didn't complete a re…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Brazil suspended trials for one of China's coronavirus vaccines after someone died, but researchers say the death was not related to the drug
On Monday, Brazil's health regulator said a "serious adverse event" had occurred on October 29 duri…
Bill Bostock
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Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters
"We are looking at a photo of the past," Alves said in an interview last week. "The number of cases…
PTI
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Global COVID-19 cases top 21.5 million
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 21.5 million, while the deaths were neari…
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The UK is banning travel from most of South America over a new coronavirus variant found in Brazil
Countries including Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela are on the list. The UK is also suspending arr…
Ashley Collman
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Brazil registers 1,000th coronavirus death
Brasilia, Apr 10 (AFP) Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, …
PTI
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Trump restricts travel from Brazil as coronavirus cases spike
The order goes into effect Thursday and applies to non-citizens who were in Brazil anytime during a…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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India overtakes Brazil to become the second worst-hit COVID-19 nation
India has been reporting the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in the world since the last …
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Acting DHS chief Chad Wolf is reportedly planning a 'boondoggle' December tour of Latin America, a coronavirus hotspot, for no apparent reason
Latin America is currently home to one in three global coronavirus deaths. The Washington Post firs…
Bill Bostock
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99-year-old WWII veteran beats coronavirus in Brazil
"He won another battle, this time against the new coronavirus," the military said in a statement, a…
PTI
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99-year-old WWII vet beats coronavirus in Brazil
Piveta served in the army's fourth artillery regiment, which trained in Dakar in 1942, soon after …
PTI
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India registers 53,601 coronavirus cases and 871 deaths in a single day
India, the third country worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, recorded a spike of 53,601 coronavirus…
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Jair Bolsonaro has never been more popular in Brazil, despite his woeful handling of the coronavirus pandemic
Brazil passed five million COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and recorded its 150,000th death on Saturday. …
Bill Bostock
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Trump joins Boris Johnson and Jair Bolsonaro as world leaders who got COVID-19 after flouting public health recommendations
All three leaders flouted public health recommendations and downplayed the threat of COVID-19 prior…