Brazil

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  Sao Paulo University to test a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Italian lab

  

  The Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) is in talks to test a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Italian researchers, the dean of the Brazilian university revealed.

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands Airbridge, strict measures for travellers; no Latam flights for at least the next two months

  

  The Falkland Islands currently have an only air link which is the air bridge with the United Kingdom twice a week, since the commercial flights from Chile and Brazil managed by Latam, have been suspended at least until the end of July.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Investment funds managing US$ 4 trillion call on Brazil to halt deforestation

  

  Investment funds managing close to US$4 trillion in assets called on Brazil on Tuesday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a “systemic risk” to their portfolios.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Federal Judge orders Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public

  

  A federal judge in Brazil ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public after the far-right leader repeatedly flouted the coronavirus containment measures in place in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:55 UTC

  Despite more than 50,000 Covid-19 deaths, Brazilians swarmed to beaches over the weekend

  

  Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Rio de Janeiro beaches, but the World Health Organization said on Monday that even more cases were likely going uncounted.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 10:26 UTC

  Controversy in Brazil over guidelines for workers at meatpackers, where there has been a spike of Covid-19 cases

  

  Brazilian government on Friday published new guidelines for meatpackers after a spike of COVID-19 cases at food plants, including keeping workers at least one meter apart, but labor prosecutors criticized the steps as inadequate.

• Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:05 UTC

  Brazil breaks the 50,000 deaths toll from coronavirus outbreak

  

  Brazil on Sunday said it had registered more than 50,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as well as about one million infections, as the second worst-affected country in the world struggles to control the disease.

• Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Major European investors warn Brazil with divestment if Amazon deforestation is not stopped

  

  Major European investment firms have said they will divest from beef producers, grains traders, and even government bonds in Brazil if they do not see progress in resolving the surging destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

• Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:20 UTC

  Record breaking Brazil: over a million Covid-19 cases and 50,000 deaths

  

  Brazil on Friday passed a total of more than 1 million COVID-19 cases, and nearly 50,000 deaths, according to Health Ministry data, in a new nadir for the world's second worst-hit country.

• Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro changes Brazilian soccer broadcasting rules and players' contracts

  

  Brazilian soccer clubs are free to negotiate broadcast rights for own home games without requiring a green light from their opponents, according to a new decree issued by the country’s president on Thursday.