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Brazil governor target of pandemic corruption probe by The Associated Press Last Updated Jun 2, 2021 at 11:28 am EDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazil’s Federal Police searched the house and offices of Amazonas Gov. Wilson Lima on Wednesday, part of an operation into possible irregularities in the installation of a COVID-19 field hospital during the pandemic, federal prosecutors said in a statement. The state’s health secretary and five other people were also targeted by temporary arrest warrants, the federal police said. All are suspected of profiteering from the health crisis at a time when Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon rainforest, was the epicenter of the country’s pandemic. ....
2021-01-24 05:07:01 GMT2021-01-24 13:07:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English SAO PAULO, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) Unnecessary movement as well as non-essential activities will be banned for seven days starting from Monday in the face of the collapse of the health system due to the surge in the cases of COVID-19, Wilson Lima, governor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas announced on Saturday. The movement of people will be prohibited, which does not mean cutting off their right to come and go, but they can only leave out of extreme necessity, such as going to the doctor, the supermarket or being authorized to work, said the governor at a press conference. ....
At 106, early vaccine recipient still remembers Spanish flu We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Diarlei Rodrigues and Diane Jeantet January 21, 2021 5.03pm Normal text size Advertisement Rio de Janeiro: Zélia de Carvalho Morley rolled up a sleeve and looked stoically to the side as a nurse slid in a COVID-19 shot. She was one of thousands in Brazil to be vaccinated on Thursday AEDT, but one of very few old enough to recall an earlier viral pandemic that swept her nation and the world a century ago. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1914, Morley was a girl when the so-called Spanish flu killed millions around the world in 1918-1920, when no vaccines were available. ....