BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga signed a decree on Friday ending the Covid-19 public health emergency, effective 30 days after its publication in the Official Gazette. In its decision to lift the emergency, which has been in force since February 2020, the Health...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil announced Sunday it will "in the coming days" lift public health emergency measures in place for over two years, citing a drop in the number of deaths and infections. More than 660,000 people died of the virus in Brazil, one of the hardest-hit countries second only to the...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil has confirmed two cases of infection with the new Deltacron variant of the coronavirus, which combines genetic characteristics of the Delta and Omicron variants, Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said Tuesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been...
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazil registered 45,020 new Covid-19 cases and 389 related deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its total caseload to 29,350,134 and national death toll to 654,945, the Ministry of Health said Saturday. Many cities and states eased masking and social distancing requirements...
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- The death toll rose to 105, with 140 people still missing, due to landslides and floods caused by heavy rains on Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Petropolis in Rio de Janeiro state, local authorities reported Thursday. Fallen trees and wire poles block a road after heavy rains...
The government's pandemic task force approved on Thursday, Feb. 10, the proposal to accept COVID-19 vaccine certificates from Brazil, Israel, South Korea, and Timor Leste as proof of inoculation. A passenger walks with luggage at the arrivals hall of Tokyo's Haneda international airport on January...
ICTSI Rio welcomes Brazil express service By EMMIE V. ABADILLA ICTSI Rio welcomes CMA CGM’s BRAZEX 2 Service International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) Rio Brasil 1 kicked off its newest partnership with French shipping line CMA CGM after receiving the inaugural call of the latter's...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazilian health authorities said Sunday they would investigate reports of cruise liners violating COVID-19 protocols, after outbreaks hit three ships plying the coast. "Failure to follow health protocols and disobeying restrictive measures imposed by the authorities...
ITAPETINGA, Brazil – The death toll from heavy rain and flooding that has plagued the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia since November rose to 20 on Monday, amid incessant torrents that have displaced almost 63,000 people, authorities said. Two new fatalities were recorded in the town of...
Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates with a Brazilian flag after winning Brazil's Formula One Sao Paulo Grand Prix at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, or Interlagos racetrack, in Sao Paulo, on November 14, 2021. (AFP) Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday in one of his...
Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the qualifying session for Brazil's Formula One Sao Paulo Grand Prix, at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, or Interlagos racetrack, in Sao Paulo, on November 12, 2021. (AFP) World champion Lewis Hamilton on Friday dominated qualifying...
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Unusually powerful sandstorms have left at least six people dead in Sao Paulo in recent weeks, local media said, as southeastern Brazil grapples with severe drought. A massive dust storm is seen engulfing the neighborhood of Nossa Senhora do Carmo at the city of Frutal, Minas...
