Tag: Nelson Teich

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Brazil's second Health minister in a month resigns: “incompatibility” with Bolsonaro

  

  Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich resigned on Friday after less than a month on the job over what an official said was “incompatibility” with President Jair Bolsonaro's approach to fighting the country's spiraling coronavirus crisis.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Brazil, record number of coronavirus cases: 9.2% jump in one day to 125.218

  

  Brazil, one of the world's emerging coronavirus hot spots, registered a record number of cases and deaths on Wednesday, prompting the health minister to flag the possibility of strict lockdowns in particularly hard-hit areas.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 07:13 UTC

  Brazil indigenous leaders call on WHO to set an emergency fund to protect their communities

  

  Indigenous leaders in Brazil have asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.