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Brazilâs top court probes health ministerâs COVID-19 response in Manaus By Syndicated Content
Jan 25, 2021 6:19 PM
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski has approved an investigation into Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern city of Manaus, according to a court document released on Monday.
Lewandowski granted a petition for the probe by Attorney General Augusto Aras, and gave a period of 60 days for the probe to conclude. Pazuello has five days to give testimony to the federal police, the document shows.
Manaus, in the northern state of Amazonas, has been hit hard by a brutal second wave that has pushed the city s emergency services to breaking point. The city ran out of oxygen, prompting the federal government to fly in tanks from across the country in order to save people from suffocating to death.
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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski has approved an investigation into Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern city of Manaus, according to a court document released on Monday.
South Korea s social distancing rules to remain in place until the end of January
From CNN’s Jake Kwon in Seoul
A woman wearing a face mask walks near a park, which is taped off to comply with social distancing measures in Seoul, South Korea on January 14. Lee Jin-man/AP
South Korea is extending its social distancing rules by 2 weeks until January 31, the country s Health Ministry said in a news release Saturday.
A ban on gatherings of five or more people will also remain in place until the end of January, the ministry added.
Seoul Metropolitan Area has been under social distancing level 2.5, the second-highest level, since early December, while the rest of the country has been on level 2, the third-highest level.