Tag: Brazil

• Monday, April 6th 2020 - 10:25 UTC

  Brazil admits 486 deaths from Covid-19 and 11,130 positive, but the toll could be much higher

  

  Brazil’s Health Ministry said on Sunday the country’s death toll from COVID-19 has climbed to 486 as 11,130 people tested positive to the coronavirus disease. In the past 24 hours, 54 patients died, up 12.5% compared with the day before, and 852 new infections were detected, placing the mortality rate at 4.4%, said the authorities.

• Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Covid-19 pandemic: Brazilians have greater trust in the Health than in president Bolsonaro

  

  Brazilians feeling frustrated with president Jair Bolsonaro are turning to another voice for guidance and reassurance. Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta has emerged from relative obscurity with technocratic daily briefings presenting the latest science, stressing the need for social distancing measures and earning praise from across the political spectrum.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Indigenous woman in the Brazilian Amazon tests positive for coronavirus

  

  An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the novel coronavirus, the first case reported among Brazil's more than 300 tribes, the Health Ministry's indigenous health service Sesai said on Wednesday

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Largest ever shipment of cattle loaded at Rio Grande port in South Brazil

  

  The Bahamas flagged vessel named Bader III, which specializes in transporting live cattle, docked last weekend at Estaleiro Rio Grande Pier, Brazil, to handle the largest ever shipment of such cargo at the port.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Brazilian meat exports to China on hold because of coronavirus social distancing measures

  

  China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, an official at Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said, adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 06:55 UTC

  Brazilian supermarkets in Sao Paulo to hire 5.000 temporary workers

  

  Brazilian supermarkets are planning to hire 5,000 temporary workers in Sao Paulo’s metropolitan region, the most severely affected by the coronavirus outbreak, to meet higher demand from consumers and replace employees under quarantine, according to the local association that represents the sector, Apas.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists with his campaign to get the economy moving; Facebook censors the Brazilian president

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there can be no more quarantine measures imposed on the country than those already in place to combat coronavirus because jobs are being destroyed and the poor are suffering disproportionately.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  Small drop in Brazil's agribusiness exports to China in first two months of 2020

  

  Brazil’s Agriculture and Livestock Confederation (CNA) held a live debate via Instagram on March 27 to assess the impact the coronavirus has had on exports.

• Monday, March 30th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro urges followers in the streets to keep the Brazilian economy going

  

  Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday flouted his government's social distancing guidelines against the spread of the coronavirus by mixing with supporters on the streets of Brasilia and urging them to keep the economy going.

• Saturday, March 28th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro and governors clash over priorities and funds to combat the epidemic

  

  Brazil’s governors pressed President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday for more federal support in the coronavirus battle after he blasted them as job-killers and undermined their orders with a decree keeping churches open at evangelical preachers’ request.