Brazil

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

Brazil hits 82,000 Covid deaths in April, new monthly record

With 212 million people, Brazil’s death toll in the pandemic surpassed 400,000 on Thursday and it also has one of the highest mortality rates at 189 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants

Citizens wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a vaccination day for 57-year-old and older citizens, in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo

Coronavirus chronicle

Brazil calls on countries to share spare vaccines

An aerial view shows gravediggers wearing protective suits carrying a coffin during burial of a person who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at Vila Formosa cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. Reuters/Amanda Perobelli

Coronavirus chronicle

Brazil passes 400,000 Covid-19 fatalities with high death toll to plateau for months

Coronavirus chronicle

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

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

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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

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