Brazil

Brazil state signs deal to make Russian vaccine

The vaccine would have to receive Brazilian regulatory approval and complete Phase 3 clinical trials. Read More

Foreign airline set to fire at least 2,700 workers including pilots

Before the novel coronavirus crisis, the airline had 43,000 workers worldwide, with most of them… Read More

China’s Sinopharm to test potential COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil

Brazil’s COVID-19 outbreak, the world’s worst outside the United States, has made it global testing… Read More

WATCH: Small plane crashes in Brazil narrowly missing cars and a pedestrian

Terrifying CCTV footage shows the plane crashing to the ground at an angle and hitting… Read More

Brazil set to test Chinese coronavirus vaccine

The coronavirus vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac, is the third in the… Read More

Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Bolsonaro has repeatedly defied local guidelines to wear a mask in public, even after a… Read More

Brazil health regulator gives nod for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine trial

The study - first announced on June 11 - is led by Instituto Butantan, a… Read More

Brazil signs deal to produce Oxford coronavirus vaccine

Health Ministry executive secretary Elcio Franco said the deal would give Brazil a head-start if… Read More

Brazil suspends WhatsApp payments deal

Cielo said it would keep shareholders informed on future updates regarding its partnership with WhatsApp Read More

Trials with Oxford COVID-19 vaccine start in Brazil

Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa approved human clinical trials for this potential vaccine, developed by Oxford… Read More

Brazil virus toll hits 50,000 as Spain reopens borders

Brazil is the second worst-affected country behind the United States, and the spread of COVID-19… Read More

‘I got the coronavirus, but I treated myself with medicinal herbs’

'I got the coronavirus, but I treated myself solely with medicinal herbs' Read More

Brazil virus death toll now world’s second-highest

The country recorded 909 deaths in the past 24 hours. There are 828,810 confirmed infections… Read More

Brazil accused of manipulating coronavirus toll

Even as infections soar in Brazil, the latest epicenter in the pandemic, the health ministry… Read More

Coronavirus deaths surge in Brazil, Mexico as regional leaders look to reopen

Latin America as a whole has become a new focus of the coronavirus pandemic, with… Read More

WATCH: Woman held hostage as robbers loot churchgoers

A video showing a man holding a mother on gunpoint as her son is forced… Read More

Four-year-old girl lost in forest survives five days on water, fruits

A four-year-old girl, who was believed to have drowned in a river around the rain… Read More

Homeless man set on fire while sleeping on sidewalk in Brazil

The victim suffered burns to 70% of his body and was rushed to Tatuapé Municipal Hospital… Read More

Brazil milks deadly snakes for their life-saving venom

De Souza and her colleagues at the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo harvest the toxin… Read More