News and Current Events in the Nation of Brazil
- Covid: How worrying are the UK, South Africa, and Brazil coronavirus variants?
There is some evidence that the new UK variant may be more deadly, says PM Boris Johnson.
BBC News. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:17:20 GMT. - Brazilian city of Manaus suspends vaccination drive for 24 hours
The halt came as the capital of the Amazonas state received shots just to cover 34 percent of 56,000 health workers.
Al Jazeera. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:10:35 +0000. - Manaus: Brazil's city on the Amazon river buckles under second Covid wave
Doctors in the Amazon's biggest city, Manaus, are struggling to control rising numbers of deaths and cases.
BBC News. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:17:33 GMT. - COVID-19: South African variant defeats plasma treatment - scientists
It is one of several new variants discovered in recent months, including others first found in England and Brazil.
Jerusalem Post. Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:06:53 GMT. - Desperate relatives of Covid patients in Brazil queue to fill their loved-ones' oxygen tanks
Amozonas state has been gripped by a devastating new strain of the disease and doctors at hospitals in Manaus are being forced to decide which of their patients should get the limited oxygen.
Daily Mail. Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:37:07 GMT. - Crown Holdings (CCK) Expands Capacity in Brazil to Meet Demand
Crown Holdings (CCK) has been implementing several beverage-can capacity-expansion projects to capitalize on the current trend of growing demand for beverage cans.
Zacks Equity Research. Zacks. Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:14:00 GMT. - Donna Brazile: Republicans and Democrats must unite behind Biden to tackle COVID and other serious problems
The time for campaigning and complaining about the election results is over. Our leaders in Washington must begin the hard work of governing as Joe Biden takes office as our president..
Donna Brazile. Fox News. Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:00:31 GMT. - Scalise bringing Donna Brazile as guest to Biden inauguration
GOP Rep. Steve Scalise (La.) has invited former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Donna Brazile to be his guest to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday."I thought ...
Joseph Choi. The Hill. Wed, 20 Jan 2021 03:37:17 +0000. - Latam Gateway to Offer PayPal as a Payment Option for Gamers in Brazil
In the course of pursuing new methods for international gaming companies, Latam Gateway started offering PayPal as a payment method for processing local Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and Local Payments in Brazil
Tass. Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:01:01 +0300. - Trump moves to lift some coronavirus-related travel restrictions, but Biden plans to block the order
The lifted restrictions apply to U.S. entry for travelers from the UK, most of Europe and Brazil.
Cnnwire. ABC News. Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:52:19 +0000. - Trump scraps UK and Brazil COVID travel bans - but Biden will ignore it
Donald Trump has scrapped a travel ban on people from countries such as the UK and Brazil - but incoming president Joe Biden intends to ignore it.
Sky News. Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:33:00 +0000. - Covid 19 coronavirus: Trump moves to lift travel restrictions on EU, UK, Brazil
With just hours before he leaves the White House, US President Donald Trump has made a huge statement by drastically changing the nation's travel rules, but the incoming Biden administration says it will reverse the ...
New Zealand Herald. Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:58:53 +1200. - Trump lifts coronavirus-related travel bans for Europe, Brazil
President Trump on Monday night lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions that cover much of Europe and Brazil but still bars China and Iran, beginning Jan. 26, nearly a week after he leaves office. But President-elect Joseph R. ...
Dave Boyer. Washington Times. Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:38:11 -0500. - COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has overwhelmed its health systems, analysis shows
An analysis of the first 250,000 patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus reveals a high mortality and inequities in the quality of healthcare across regions.
Science Daily. Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:22:23 EST. - Countries are bracing for the impact of more contagious virus variants.
Alongside the variant discovered in Britain, at least three other troubling variants are spreading less widely: one identified in South Africa and two in Brazil.
Elian Peltier and Andrea Kannapell. New York Times. Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:10:38 +0000.
Facts About Brazil
The Federative Republic of Brazil is located in the east central portion
of South America. Its bicameral National Congress consists of a
Federal Senate and a Chamber of Deputies. Brazil's capital city is
Brasilia; its major cities include Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil's national currency is the Real, which equals 100 centavos.
The primary language used by Brazilians is Portuguese and, in 2020,
Brazil's estimated population was 212,559,417.
For more news and information about Brazil, visit this official Brazilian government website and the Brazilian Tourism portal.
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