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By Ricardo Brito and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA, May 14 (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ruled that former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello will not be obligated to answer questions that could incriminate him before a Senate panel investigating the governments handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 430,000 dead, Brazil has experienced the worlds second-deadliest outbreak of COVID-19 after the United States. Critics blame the severity of the death toll on ...

Brazil recorded 85,536 additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 2,211 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Friday.

3 Min Read BRASILIA, May 14 (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ruled that former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello will not be obligated to answer questions that could incriminate him before a Senate panel investigating the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 430,000 dead, Brazil has experienced the world’s second-deadliest outbreak of COVID-19 after the United States. Critics blame the severity of the death toll on a negligent response by the ...

By Eduardo Simões and Jake Spring SAO PAULO, May 12 (Reuters) - Brazil will run out of raw materials to produce Sinovac Biotech Ltds COVID-19 vaccine by Friday, as a supply shipment has been held up in Chinese export clearance, authorities in the state of Sao Paulo said on Wednesday. Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria blamed the delay - the second China export clearance to hit production this year - on "diplomatic ill-will" and said the federal government should apologize to Beijing for its harsh c...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker shows a vial of Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s Health Ministry on Tuesday announced it had signed a deal for Pfizer to deliver an additional 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, doubling the number of shots from the company. The additional shots will be delivered between September and December, the Health Ministry...

The additional shots will be delivered between September and December, the Health Ministry said in a statement. That adds to an agreement earlier in the year for an initial 100 million doses, of which Brazil has only received 1.6 million to date. Brazil has recorded the second-deadliest outbreak of coronavirus in the world and continues to average more than 2,000 deaths per day. More than 425,000 people have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to the Health Ministry. About 15...

Judge says no indication of any crime in case against top indigenous leader who criticised countrys COVID-19 response BRASILIA, May 5 (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge on Wednesday suspended a police probe into a top Indigenous leader who had criticized the government of President Jair Bolsonaro for its handling of the COVID-19 crisis, which has had a devastating impact on native peoples. Federal Judge Frederico Botelho de Barros Viana halted the investigation into Sonia Guajajara, head of Brazils ...

Coca-Cola the latest global brand to Adopt a Park in Brazil rainforest Reuters 4/28/2021 By Jake Spring BRASILIA, April 28 (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co on Wednesday agreed to sponsor a protected reserve in the Amazon rainforest, joining beer maker Heineken and a growing list of global corporations signing up to the Brazilian governments "Adopt a Park" program. Environmentalists say that the program, launched by the right-wing government of President Jair Bolsonaro this year, amounts to "greenwash...

Brazil to receive 1 million Pfizer vaccine doses on Thursday, health minister says Reuters 6 hrs ago BRASILIA, April 28 (Reuters) - Brazils Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said the country would receive 1 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, as supplies of immunizations dwindle and risk further delaying an already slow rollout. Over the weekend, the health ministry announced that 30% fewer vaccines had been received between January and April than expected. Queiroga said ...

4 Min Read BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil on Thursday set a daily record of 4,249 COVID-19 deaths, with overwhelmed hospitals running low on supplies and the Senate about to open an investigation into the response of the government of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has played down the pandemic from the start. A healthcare worker shows the syringe to a woman after applying a dose of Sinovacs CoronaVac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Cacique de Ramos, one of the most traditional carnival blo...