Tag: Sao Pablo

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Brazil: 19 variants of coronavirus spot in Sao Paulo state, but Delta not one of them

  

  Brazil's Butantan Institute has identified 19 variants of the SARS-CoV-2 that were circulating in the state of Sao Paulo, with the Gamma strain -formerly known as P.1 or Manaus- spotted to have a prevalence of 89.9%.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Ford after a century in Brazil, closes its three factories with a loss of 5,000 jobs

  

  Carmaker Ford said on Monday losses exacerbated by the coronavirus epidemic and fiscal uncertainties would see it close its three factories in Brazil, where it has operated for a century, terminating some 5,000 jobs.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  Sao Paulo state doubles lockdown measures over Xmas and New Year

  

  Brazil's southeast state of Sao Paulo, the epicenter of the country's COVID-19 outbreak, said this week it will double down on lockdown measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Sao Paulo delays release of efficacy data for the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Brazil's Sao Paulo state delayed on Monday the release of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac, tightening the timeframe for the regulator approval before a planned roll out on Jan. 25.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazil's richest man and world banker Joseph Safra dies in Sao Paulo, aged 82

  

  Joseph Safra, one of the world’s richest bankers who built an empire spanning continents with over US$ 85 billion in banking assets, has died. He was 82. Safra died of natural causes on Wednesday in Sao Paulo, Banco Safra said in a statement.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  Brazilian state of Sao Paulo extends lockdown until December 16

  

  Brazil's l state of Sao Paulo, the most populous and hardest hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic decided to extend lockdown until December 16, due to a rise in hospitalizations, according to a decree published on Tuesday in the Government Gazette.

• Friday, September 4th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Experimental deliveries with drones approved in Brazil

  

  Latin American drone delivery company, Speedbird Aero, announced it has received regulatory approval from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency, also known as ANAC, to operate two experimental drone delivery routes in Brazil.

• Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:42 UTC

  Sao Paulo governor tested positive for the coronavirus

  

  The governor of Sao Paulo, the state with the highest COVID-19 death toll in hard-hit Brazil, said on Wednesday he had tested positive for the new coronavirus and would continue working from quarantine.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Chinese made vaccine against coronavirus begins testing in Brazil, with first doses in volunteers

  

  A Chinese-made vaccine against the new COVID-19 entered the final stage of testing on Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the pandemic.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazil death toll climbs to 40,000 and could overtake Britain this Friday

  

  Brazil has surpassed 40,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 800,000 cases, according to the latest figures from the health ministry on Thursday. The news came as the number of Latin American cases of the virus broke through the 1.5 million barrier.