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Brazil receives first batch of Janssen Covid-19 vaccine
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Brazil received today 1.5 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from the Belgian laboratory Janssen, the pharmaceutical arm of the US company Johnson &...
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Brazil passes half a million COVID-19 deaths, experts warn of worse ahead
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SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 500,000 yesterday as experts warn that the world’s second-deadliest outbreak may worsen due to...
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Brazil receives 2.4 million Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine doses
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Brazil will receive as many as 2.4 million of anti-Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine doses. Such a batch cropped up from March´s agreement signed by Brazil´s Health...
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Peru revises pandemic death toll, now worst in the world per capita
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LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru yesterday almost tripled its official COVID-19 death toll to 180,764, following a government review, making it the country with...
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Rio police draws international ire as 25 killed in drug gun battle
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RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro...