Surrounded by barbed wire and an electric fence, marijuana plants flourish under the bright sun on a farm in a mountainous area outside Rio de Janeiro. But this farm has nothing to do with drug trafficking. It belongs, in fact,…
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Brazil records 65,165 new coronavirus cases, 1,857 deaths
FILE PHOTO: Graves of people who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil May 20, 2021. Picture taken May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno KellyRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil registered…
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Brazil registers almost 100,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday
FILE PHOTO: A woman and a child hold oxygen tanks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Moacyr do Carmo hospital in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares(Reuters) – Brazil registered 2,507…
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India overtakes Brazil as second worst-hit COVID-19 country
India on Monday overtook Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections, as it reported a new daily record of more than 168,000 cases. The vast nation of 1.3 billion people has been reporting a rapid increase…
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Brazil government has not asked U.S. for vaccines despite Mexico, Canada deal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has not yet asked the United States for spare COVID-19 vaccines, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, despite Washington agreeing this week to send 4 million doses of AstraZeneca shots…
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California detects New York, Brazil coronavirus variants
Dr. Marc Siegel: Coronavirus guidelines have become ‘political footballs’ Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on the CDC delaying guidance for vaccinated Americans. California has discovered its first cases of coronavirus variants initially detected in New York and Brazil,…
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US brings forward vaccine goal, Brazil deaths hit new peak
The United States will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for its adult population by the end of May, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, while Brazil’s troubles deepened as it registered its highest 24-hour death toll. The two countries have the largest…
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At 106, woman among earliest vaccine recipients in Brazil
Zélia de Carvalho Morley rolled up a sleeve and looked stoically to the side as a nurse slid in a COVID-19 shot. She was one of thousands in Brazil to get the shot on Wednesday, but one of very few…
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UK bans travel from South America over Brazil variant fears
The United Kingdom is banning travel from the whole of South America and Portugal amid concerns over a new variant of the coronavirus in Brazil, authorities announced Thursday. British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that as of 4 a.m. Friday,…
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COVID-19 antibody studies across Brazil reveal Amazon region badly affected
Two nationwide COVID-19 antibody seroprevalence studies from Brazil show that many cities along the Amazon were hit hardest at the beginning of the epidemic in May and June, along with poorer and Indigenous communities. The research is presented at this…
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