Rafael Lima

Rio de Janeiro to suspend return to classes until August 20

Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel decided on Wednesday to push back the return to in-person classes in the state…

4 years ago

São Paulo to allow bars and restaurants to open until 10 pm

São Paulo Governor João Doria announced on Wednesday that bars and restaurants from cities in the so-called 'yellow phase' the…

4 years ago

Bolsonaro says emergency salary program “can’t continue for much longer”

On Wednesday, President Jair Bolsonaro indicated that the federal government’s emergency salary program — created to offset the negative financial…

4 years ago

Families queue for nine hours for Covid-19 test in São Paulo

Around 200 people queued for up to nine hours to receive a free Covid-19 tests in the city of São…

4 years ago

Bolsonaro vetoes financial compensation for health workers debilitated by Covid-19

On Tuesday, President Jair Bolsonaro vetoed a Congress proposal to grant health workers debilitated by Covid-19 BRL 50,000 (USD 9,435)…

4 years ago

Oxford vaccine is “strong and secure” candidate against Covid-19, says university official

Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) rector Soraya Smaili reaffirmed her belief in the prospective vaccine developed by the University…

4 years ago

WHO says Brazil has “long way to go” before beating pandemic

According to World Health Organization's Executive Director Michael Ryan, the pandemic in Brazil is still “very concerning" and the road…

4 years ago

Prosecutors to investigate Bolsonaro’s push for chloroquine production

Lucas Furtado, the top prosecutor at the Federal Accounts Court — a sort of audit tribunal that monitors public spending…

4 years ago