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Brazil signs Covid vaccine deal with Bharat Biotech for 20 mn Covaxin doses

So far Brazil has vaccinated less than 4 per cent of its population of 210 million people, with some cities stopping immunization campaigns last week due to shortages

Brazil nears 250,000 deaths, second Covid-19 wave still running rampant

Since the pandemic's start, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro scoffed at the little flu and lambasted local leaders for imposing restrictions on activity

57-year old father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker drowns in Brazil

The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has died suddenly in Brazil with clubs past and present offering condolences

Brazil approves Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, but has none to use

It is the first coronavirus shot to receive full approval in Brazil, regulator Anvisa said. Vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, have only been approved for emergency use

Brazil to start producing coronavirus vaccine in first half of 2021

"That has always been our goal. By incorporating production technology to the maximum, we hope to have 100 percent national production in the first half (of this year). We are very confident," Krieger

Petrobras shares slump as Brazil's Bolsonaro doubles down on intervention

Shares in state electricity company Eletrobras also plunged on Monday after Bolsonaro said it would be the next sector in which the government would "stick its finger"

Petrobras CEO resisting pressure from Bolsonaro to resign: Report

Roberto Castello Branco was appointed CEO of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the state-controlled firm is known, when Bolsonaro took office at the start of 2019

Brazil says Amazon coronavirus variant three times more contagious

Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello sought to reassure lawmakers that the surge of recent months was unexpected but coming under control

Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech ramp up Covid-19 vaccine export plan

Home-grown firms get new orders: 10 million for SII, 4.5 million for Bharat Bio

Brazil neighbours limit travel to halt new Covid-19 strain from spreading

The Brazilian variant was first identified in four travelers who had been in Brazil and were tested at an airport outside Tokyo, Japan

Brazil surpasses 9 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, 221,547 deaths

Brazil comes third in terms of the number of cases after the United States and India

Brazil to end military-led programme against Amazon fires, logging

Government data showed that just over 11,000 square kilometers of forest disappeared between July 2019 and August 2020, up 9.5% compared to the previous year and the most since 2008

Brazil suspends flights from South Africa to prevent spread of Covid-19

The authorities have also suspended boarding permit for persons who have arrived from the UK and South Africa or were there on transit in the past 14 days

4 players and president of Brazilian soccer club Palmas die in plane crash

Four players and the president of Brazilian soccer club Palmas died in a plane crash on Sunday in the northern state of Tocantins, the team said.

Brazil reports 1,202 new coronavirus deaths, toll surpasses 216,000

Brazil reported 1,202 deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic in the last 24 hours, making Saturday the fifth consecutive day of more than 1,000 deaths, bringing the death toll to 216,445

Brazil President thanks India for 'Sanjeevni Booti' against Covid-19

India had previously cleared commercial exports of COVID-19 vaccines, and the first consignments were shipped to Brazil and Morocco on Friday

Brazil receives Covid-19 vaccine cargo from India amid supply concern

Brazil's Health Ministry announced that the vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, landed in Sao Paulo before being flown to Rio de Janeiro

Brazil, New Zealand, India best-performing markets under Trump rule

Sensex nearly 85 per cent each since Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017; Spanish and British markets fared worst in the last four years

Donald Trump lifts Covid-19-led travel restrictions on Europe and Brazil

Trump said he is removing the restrictions applicable to the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Brazil, while leaving in place the restrictions applicable to China

Brazil prepares to bring 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from India

Brazil on Thursday said that it has begun preparations to bring two million doses of coronavirus vaccine from India