Brazil
South America
Brazil state gets 1 mln doses of China candidate vaccine
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SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Butantan Institute biomedical centre today received 1 million doses of a Chinese vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech that...
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Widow of murdered LGBT+ politician in Brazil vows to combat hate with election win
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(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two years after the murder of popular Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco, her partner Monica Benicio has also won a council...
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Brazil registers 376 coronavirus deaths on Saturday
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RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil has registered 32,622 additional coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours and 376 deaths, the health ministry...
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Black councilwoman elected in Brazil receives death threats
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Brazilian professor Ana Lucia Martins, first black councilwoman elected in Joinville municipality, in southern Santa Catarina state, received death threats due to the color...
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Brazil suspends trials of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine due to ‘adverse effect’
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SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s health regulator said yesterday it had suspended clinical trials for China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, due to a “severe adverse...