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Indigenous tribes in Brazil should be safer than the rest of the population in the country hit very hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, as their lands are supposed to be protected from unauthorised entries. Instead, the coronavirus is dangerously spreading … Continue reading СOVID-19: how Brazil is failing its indigenous people
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during ceremony to inaugurate the Main Spacial Operations Center (COPE-P) amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais on June 23, 2020 in Brasilia. Andressa Anholete | Getty Images Brazilian President … Continue reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro tested for Covid-19 after feeling ill
Latin America and the Caribbean have now surpassed Europe in their number of coronavirus cases – with more than 2.7 million infections. The rise has been driven by Brazil’s sharp upturn in cases in recent weeks. Peru, Chile and Colombia … Continue reading Latin America and the Caribbean surpass Europe’s number of coronavirus cases
Commuters wearing protective masks wait for a train at the Luz station in Sao Paulo. As the country shatters records and the contamination curve fails to flatten, President Jair Bolsonaro remains adamant about his crusade to reopen commerce and the … Continue reading Countries seeing a surge spike in coronavirus cases
The novel coronavirus started infecting people late in 2019. But many parts of the world felt the most significant impacts of the disease within the first 100 days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on … Continue reading Millions Infected, Countries Closed, Other Impacts Of COVID-19 Just In 100 Days
People enjoy the beach in Leme, south of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 21, 2020 during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. CARL DE SOUZA A surge in coronavirus cases in the U.S. and Brazil, and further outbreaks in Germany — where … Continue reading Coronavirus cases surge in U.S., Brazil and rise in Germany
The coronavirus pandemic is “accelerating”, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned. The WHO’s Director-General told reporters on Friday that more than 150,000 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours, in what was the highest number of … Continue reading Coronavirus pandemic “accelerating”, WHO warns, as Brazil tops one million cases
LONDON (Reuters) – London is facing up to its role in insuring the slave trade as part of a sweeping global reassessment of history and racism. FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past Lloyd’s building in … Continue reading Explainer: London faces up to former role insuring Atlantic slave trade
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian football will kick off again in Rio de Janeiro this week after the city’s mayor gave the go ahead for the local league to start after a three-month hiatus caused by the new coronavirus. … Continue reading Football to return in Brazil on Thursday
FILE PHOTO: Nurse Jaqueline Borges Dias prepares medications for a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Emilio Ribas Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo RIO DE JANEIRO … Continue reading Brazil coronavirus deaths climb to 46,510, cases near 1 million
FILE PHOTO – Premier League – Manchester United v Manchester City – Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain – March 8, 2020 Manchester United’s Victor Lindelof in action with Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No … Continue reading UEFA praises players for taking political stance
PORTEL, Brazil (Reuters) – Some villagers in the eastern Amazon are spurning Brazilian government advice to take the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to keep the novel coronavirus at bay and are drinking tea of jambú, also known as the toothache plant. A … Continue reading Some Amazon villagers eschew drugs for COVID-19, take ‘toothache plant’ herbal tea
