Brazil

Nursing technician Semei Araujo Cunha puts what she calls 'maozinha do amor' or 'hands of love', warm water-filled gloves, on a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient intubated at a UPA (Emergency Service Unit) in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Coronavirus chronicle

'Hands of love': warm latex gloves mimic human touch for Covid-19 patients in Brazil

Semei Araújo Cunha and Vanessa Formenton improvised the technique they call "little hands of love" while working in the Santa Felicia Emergency Care Unit

A man walks inside a Terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy near Paris as France closed its borders to travellers outside European Union due to restrictions against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
World

France to impose 10-day quarantine for travellers coming from Brazil

People pray while attending a funeral service for a Covid-19 fatality at a burial ground in New Delhi on April 13.Photo_ Bloomberg
Panorama

Covid is deadlier in Brazil than India and no one knows why

Brazil's Environment Minister Ricardo Salles attends a graduation ceremony for The Order of Rio Branco at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Macha
World

Brazil needs $10 bln a year in aid for carbon neutrality by 2050, minister says

File Photo: Gravediggers carry a coffin during a collective burial of people that have passed away due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Alarming number of babies and children dying of Covid-19 in Brazil

India's coronavirus tally overtakes Brazil; thousands join ritual bath
Coronavirus chronicle

India's coronavirus tally overtakes Brazil; thousands join ritual bath

A patient who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is transported to the morgue at a field hospital set up at Dell'Antonia sports gym in Santo Andre, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Coronavirus chronicle

Chinese vaccine found 50.7% effective against variant in Brazil

Relatives and gravediggers walk next to the coffin of Maria de Lourdes Moreira Cruz, 58, who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during her burial at Campo Santo cemetery in Porto Alegre, Brazil April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Diego Vara
Coronavirus chronicle

Brazil sets record daily Covid-19 death toll, Senate to probe Bolsonaro government's response

Family members (front) and staff carry the coffin of Luiz Alves, 63, who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), for his funeral at Inhauma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Coronavirus chronicle

Brazil detects first case of South African variant, grave shortage looms as death toll soars

Relatives and gravediggers walk next to the coffin of Maria de Lourdes Moreira Cruz, 58, who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during her burial at Campo Santo cemetery in Porto Alegre, Brazil April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Diego Vara
Coronavirus chronicle

'A biological Fukushima': Brazil Covid-19 deaths on track to pass worst of US wave

Gravediggers carry the coffin of Avelino Fernandes Filho, 74, who passed away from the coronavirus disease, during his funeral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Brazil's Covid-19 death surge set to pass the worst of record US wave

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is seen at the Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, July 18, 2020.Photo:Reuters
Analysis

Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks police support before elections with reshuffle

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is seen after a meeting with Brazil's Lower House Arthur Lira at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 25, 2021. REUTERSUeslei Marcelino
World

Brazil to replace military chiefs after Bolsonaro sparks political crisis