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Chinese coronavirus vaccine 50.4% effective in Brazil trials
World | January 14, 2021 21:11 ISTA leading Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Sinovac Biotech, has been found to be 50.4 per cent effective in Brazilian clinical trials, researchers have found.
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Bharat Biotech inks deal to supply Covaxin to Brazil
India | January 12, 2021 19:55 ISTBharat Biotech on Tuesday announced it has signed an agreement with Precisa Medicamentos for the supplies of its Covid vaccine 'Covaxin' to Brazil.
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Brazil resumes clinical trials of Chinese coronavirus vaccine Sinovac
World | November 12, 2020 9:01 ISTBrazil's health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday (local time) announced the resumption of clinical trials of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.
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Clinical trials of China's COVID-19 vaccine suspended following 'severe incident' in Brazil
World | November 10, 2020 9:11 ISTClinical trials of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine has been suspended following a 'severe incident', Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said on Monday.
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Oxford's coronavirus vaccine volunteer dies in Brazil, trial to continue
World | October 22, 2020 8:37 ISTA volunteer in Brazil's clinical trial of AstraZeneca's experimental coronavirus vaccine has died. The organisers, however, said that the trial would continue.
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Brazil's coronavirus death toll nears 150,500
World | October 12, 2020 9:21 ISTBrazil has said it registered 290 more Covid-19 deaths, raising the death toll to 150,488.
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Young guns of Brazil on journey to save their forest land
News | September 14, 2020 23:41 ISTAround 40 indeginious men in Brazil have decided to take on illegal loggers, gold miners exploiting the environment.
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Couple caught having sex in Brazilian city council's Zoom meet
World | August 20, 2020 19:26 ISTA meeting of a Brazilian city council held on Zoom became the talk of the town for an issue which was not at all included in the agenda, thanks to a participant who apparently forgot to turn off the camera before deciding to have sex.
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Big increase recorded in Amazon fires
World | August 02, 2020 17:25 ISTOfficial figures from Brazil have shown a big increase in the number of fires in the Amazon region in July compared with the same month last year, it was reported on Sunday.
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Everyone will probably contract COVID-19 at some point: Brazilian Prez
World | August 01, 2020 19:16 ISTBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was diagnosed with the COVID-19 earlier this month, said that everyone will probably contract coronavirus at some point, "so face up to it".
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Brazil President Bolsonaro says he tested negative for coronavirus
World | July 25, 2020 18:42 ISTBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he has tested negative for the new coronavirus, based on a fourth test since he said July 7 that he had the virus.
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Brazil President Bolsonaro thinks he has had COVID-19
World | June 26, 2020 10:58 ISTBrazil President Jair Bolsonaro has claimed that he thinks he has had COVID-19 despite testing negative multiple times. Bolsonaro had said he tested negative twice but fought a court battle to stop the release of the hospital test results, raising qu
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Brazil overtakes Britain in COVID-19 death toll; now world's second-highest after US
World | June 13, 2020 9:28 ISTThe World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 7.6 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 424,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Bolsonaro threatens to withdraw Brazil from WHO
World | June 06, 2020 9:19 ISTBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to withdraw his country from the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing the body of being "partisan" and "political".
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Brazil registers new single-day record of 1,473 COVID-19 deaths
World | June 05, 2020 9:07 ISTBrazil has reported 1,473 more COVID-19 deaths, the biggest 24-hour increase in the country’s death toll since the outbreak began.
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White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil
World | May 25, 2020 7:29 ISTPresident Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world’s coronavirus hotspots by denying entry to foreigners coming from Brazil, which is second to the U.S. in the number of confirmed cases.
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Man suffering from back problem finds out he has 3 kidneys
World | May 08, 2020 20:19 ISTA Brazilian man with a slipped disk visited a doctor at a hospital in São Paulo, only to find out that he has one extra kidney inside his body
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Brazilian Prez Bolsonaro fires health minister amid coronavirus pandemic
World | April 17, 2020 16:49 ISTBrazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, whose dismissive stance toward the COVID-19 pandemic has angered many health experts, fired his popular health minister following a series of disagreements over the proper response to contain the virus’ spread in South America’s most populous country.
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99-year-old Brazilian World War II veteran recovers from COVID-19
World | April 15, 2020 8:19 ISTErnando Piveta, who had been a member of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, was admitted to the hospital on April 6 and treated in the facility's "COVID ward" after testing positive for the virus, the Defence Ministry said, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Brazilian President praises PM Modi's efforts to contain coronavirus
World | April 08, 2020 12:12 ISTBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has applauded India's supply of important drugs like hydroxychloroquine to Brazil. Bolsonaro also brought out the Sanjeevni Booti parallel and said, "Just as Lord Hanuman brought the holy medicine from the Himalayas to save the life of Lord Rama's brother, Laksmana, and jesus healed those who were sick and restored the sight to Bartimeu, India and Brazil will overcome this global crisis by joining forces and sharing blessings for the sake of all people."
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