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Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:35:00 GMT
Anvisa asks STF for more time to decide on the use of Sputnik V in Brazil
While Argentina has already started trials to produce the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19, Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has filed a petition before the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for addit...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:29:00 GMT
France to impose € 1,500 fine to South American travelers who skip quarantine
A ten-day mandatory quarantine for travellers arriving into France from South America, namely from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and French Guiana as well as from South Africa, shall be effective as of this coming Saturday, said Fre...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:45:00 GMT
Brazil's Anvisa green-lights studies of new Chinese covid-19 vaccine
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has given the green light to clinical trials on volunteers of a potential anti-Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Chinese laboratory Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals, it was ...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:30:00 GMT
Uruguay leads freedom of press in South America; Brazil falls down to red zone in RSF ratings
With no South American country among the top 12, the Non-Government Organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF - the acronym for Reporters sans frontières) Monday lowered Brazil's freedom of the press rankings to 111th, thus ...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:41:00 GMT
Brazil's GDP on track to better results than expected
Brazil's Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br), released by the Central Bank and believed to be an omen of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 1.70% in February 2021, against January's figures, it was announced Monday.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:59:00 GMT
Brazil: Supreme Court upholds ruling allowing Lula to run for president in 2022
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's convictions were annulled Thursday by the country's Supreme Court (STF) in an 8-3 ruling which clears the Workers Party (PT) iconic figure to seek a new term in 2022.

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:36:00 GMT
Brazil: Senate to investigate Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic
Brazil's Senate Tuesday created a Parliamentary Investigation Commission (CPI) to evaluate President's Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:59:00 GMT
To curb spread of Manaus coronavirus strain, France bans flights to Brazil
France's government has banned all flights to/from Brazil effective following the increase of covid-19 cases of the Manaus strain detected in the European nation.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:29:00 GMT
Brazil STF Justice Weber halts Bolsonaro's easing on firearms, pending plenum ruling
Justice Rosa Weber of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF), Monday issued a provisional preemptive injunction against parts of decrees from President Jair Bolsonaro which enabled or facilitated the acquisition and use of firear...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:13:00 GMT
Brazil "falls" to third place among covid-19 affected countries behind the U.S. and now India
Brazil has been displaced from its shrine as the world's second-worst country regarding coronavirus infections. Its place has been taken over by India.



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