Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski approved the probe on Monday, which will focus on Pazuello’s handling of a deadly viral surge in the city of Manaus, provincial capital to the Amazonas state and home to more than 2 million people. Attorney General Augusto Aras said the minister faced “extremely …
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The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) announced on Saturday that it had returned a request for the emergency use of Sputnik V to the applicant, pharmaceutical company Uniao Quimica. The paperwork submitted by the firm did not meet the “minimum requirements for submission and analysis by Anvisa,” the regulator said. …
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Top-flight Brazilian side Gremio sent a team of teenage boys to face the women’s national side as part of their preparations for the imminent Olympic football tournament side in Tokyo, seeing off a team that included six-time FIFA best women’s player and World Cup record goalscorer Marta over two 30-minute periods. …
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The Federal Supreme Court (STF) ruled 10-1 on Thursday that governments at all levels may set out penalties for anyone who declines to take a vaccine, allowing them to bar citizens from certain public places, among other measures. While Justice Ricardo Lewandowski noted in his majority opinion that “forced” immunizations …
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Local media noted that Brazil’s plan has no specific launch date in mind for the vaccinations and does not detail the timetable of the supplies. The country’s initial goal is to vaccinate some 51 million people, which is less than a quarter of the population. The document itself admits it’s …
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Safra passed away on Thursday of natural causes, according to a statement by Banco Safra, the financial institution that he built with his brother Moise, who died in 2014. Safra also owned the Safra National Bank of New York and the J. Safra Sarasin bank in Switzerland, both of which …
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Infecting more than 33 million since first emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December, the global Covid-19 death toll surpassed the one-million mark on Monday night, according to data gathered by Johns Hopkins University. The news was met with a mournful statement from the International Federation of Red …
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Bolsonaro, who tested positive for the virus last month and received his first negative result after over two weeks battling the disease, has been heavily criticized for his skepticism about Covid-19. Media has taken him to task for his vocal opposition to lockdowns and going out in public without a …
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Unexpected accident on the road. Drivers from Porto Velho (Brazil) going about their business, faced an unexpected obstacle in the way. Anaconda, whose length was about 3 metres, determined to get to the other side of the track and eventually blocked traffic. People stopped cars and came out not only …
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All goals and dangerous moments of the next game day of the world Cup. In Germany the status of the current world champion in the final match of the group stage managed to lose South Korea. The Germans for the first time in history reached the playoffs of the world …
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