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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga poses for a photo with the mascot Ze Gotinha, symbol of Brazilian vaccination campaigns after a press conference on the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga asked representatives of pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc if they can speed up delivery of 50 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, according to a statement from the ministry on Monday. The Brazilian government previously ordered 100 million doses of...

Sao Paulo exhumes old graves to make space for surging COVID-19 burials Reuters 3 days ago © Reuters/AMANDA PEROBELLI Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo By Eduardo Simões and Amanda Perobelli SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's biggest city on Thursday sped up efforts to empty old graves, making room for a soaring number of COVID-19 deaths as Sao Paulo city hall registered record daily burials this week. Gravediggers in the Vila New Cachoeirinha cemetery in the city's northern reaches worked in white hazmat suits to open the tombs of people buried years ago, baggi...

Polls show Brazil's Bolsonaro faces record disapproval, pressure from Lula 03/17/2021 22:06 SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilians' disapproval of President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the COVID-19 crisis is at a record high and he may face a tough campaign for re-election next year, according to new polls, as Brazil struggles with its worst pandemic surge yet. A Datafolha survey, released late on Tuesday, showed 54% of Brazilians regard Bolsonaro's handling of the crisis as bad or awful. A separate poll by PoderData showed two leftist rivals could beat Bolsonaro in a potential runoff vote in...

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/BRAZIL (PIX, TV):Brazil hospitals pushed to limit as COVID-19 death toll soars

Analysis: Lula’s revival suits Bolsonaro, but Brazil 2022 is a different match