World's largest snake, Ana Julia, found dead in Brazil

Mar 29, 2024, at 01:50 am

A giant anaconda, recently discovered and thought to be among the largest in the world, has been found dead, media reports said.

Brazil: Three killed after severe storms hit Sao Paulo

Jan 21, 2024, at 02:22 pm

Sao Paulo/IBNS/UNI: At least three people have died in the last 24 hours due to severe storms in southeast Brazil's Sao Paulo state, the Civil Defense agency said Saturday

Brazil floods: Death toll touches 36

Feb 20, 2023, at 06:49 pm

Sao Paulo: Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains along the coast of southeast Brazil's Sao Paulo state have claimed 36 lives, authorities said Sunday.

Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil

Mar 19, 2022, at 10:03 pm

New York: The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa and Brazil, as an alternative to daily medication, according to the UN agency UNITAID.

Brazilian watchdog recommends to vaccinate only healthy adults with Sputnik V, if approved

Jun 05, 2021, at 02:17 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: Experts at the Brazilian national sanitary inspection agency Anvisa recommended that the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, if approved, be used only to vaccinate healthy adults, media reported on Friday.

Decades of health gains at risk in Brazil due to COVID-19

May 01, 2021, at 06:56 pm

New York: Although COVID-19 cases are declining in Brazil, the pandemic is putting decades of public health gains there at risk, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Deaths from Covid-19 in Brazil close in on 390,000

Apr 25, 2021, at 03:34 pm

Rio de Janeiro/Xinhua: Brazil registered 3,076 more COVID-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its death toll to 389,492, the country's Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.

India surpasses Brazil with 1.35 crore overall cases of Covid-19

Apr 13, 2021, at 05:27 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India overtook Brazil on Monday to become the second-worst hit country globally in terms of Covid-19 infections as the South Asian nation bears the brunt of a second wave of the deadly virus owing to crowded election rallies in several states, religious festivals and relaxed attitudes by the people.

Brazil denies permission to import Bharat Biotech developed Covaxin

Apr 01, 2021, at 04:41 am

New Delhi/IBNS:  Brazil's health regulator has denied permission to import Covaxin, the coronavirus vaccine developed by India's indigenous firm Bharat Biotech.

China's CoronaVac may be ineffective against Brazil COVID-19 variant: Study

Mar 13, 2021, at 04:34 pm

Sao Paulo: China’s CoronaVac might not be effective against the Brazilian COVID-19 strain, a study said.

Brazilian strain of Coronavirus found in 3 Peruvian regions – Health Minister

Feb 05, 2021, at 02:27 pm

Lima/Sputnik: The Brazilian strain of the coronavirus has been detected in three regions of Peru: Loreto, Huanuco and Lima, Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti said.

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 225,000: Ministry of Health

Feb 02, 2021, at 02:31 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: The coronavirus death toll in Brazil increased by 595 in the past day to top 225,000, the country's Ministry of Health said in a statement.

South Korea detects first case of Brazilian strain of Coronavirus: KCDC

Jan 19, 2021, at 01:06 am

Seoul/Sputnik: South Korea has confirmed its first case of the new strain of coronavirus that was originally discovered in Brazil, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Monday.

Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective against COVID-19

Jan 15, 2021, at 03:55 pm

Brazilian clinical trials have unveiled that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective, media reports said.

New Corona strain found in Japan among Brazil returnees: Reports

Jan 11, 2021, at 02:25 pm

Tokyo/Sputnik: Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) on Sunday confirmed that it has discovered a new strain of the coronavirus among four persons who arrived from Brazil.

Brazil's COVID-19 case tally tops 8 million

Jan 09, 2021, at 09:08 pm

Brasilia/Sputnik: The number of registered coronavirus cases in Brazil has topped 8 million, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.

Johnson & Johnson suspends COVID-19 vaccine trials in Brazil

Oct 14, 2020, at 02:54 pm

Brasilia/Xinhua: The Janssen-Cilag company, the pharmaceutical division of US multinational Johnson & Johnson, temporarily suspended clinical trials in Brazil of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the national health regulatory body Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) said on Wednesday.

Brazil reports more than 33,500 new COVID-19 cases

Sep 13, 2020, at 02:15 pm

Rio De Janeiro/UNI: Brazil confirmed 33,523 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, along with more than 800 new deaths in that period, the country’s Health Ministry informs.

India records 90000 new COVID-19 cases, surpasses Brazil to second highest infected country

Sep 07, 2020, at 03:25 pm

New Delhi: India has recorded 90,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the tally past 42-lakh mark.

India reports massive single-day spike with over 90,000 Covid-19 cases

Sep 06, 2020, at 04:48 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India reported the biggest single-day spike of 90,632 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its tally past the 41-lakh mark, the Union Health Ministry stated on Sunday.

Total of over 3.6 million coronavirus cases now confirmed in Brazil

Aug 24, 2020, at 02:35 pm

Brasilia/Sputnik: More than 23,000 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Brazil in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to over 3.6 million, according to the latest data from the Health Ministry released on Monday.

Brazil records over 50,000 Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours

Aug 23, 2020, at 02:00 pm

Brasilia/UNI: More than 50,000 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Brazil in the past 24 hours, while the death toll increased by almost 900 in that period, according to the latest data from the Health Ministry.

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon grows by 34.5 pct

Aug 08, 2020, at 05:50 pm

Brasilia/Xinhua: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 34.5 percent between August 2019 and July 2020 compared to the same period the previous year, with a total of 9,205 square km of forest destroyed, sources said on Saturday. 

Brazil sees 45,392 fresh nCoV cases, 1,088 deaths in last 24 hrs

Aug 02, 2020, at 02:00 pm

Rio De Janeiro/UNI: Brazil on Saturday reported 45,392 fresh cases of coronavirus and 1,088 more deaths in the last 24-hour.

Brazil reports over 1.4 million COVID-19 cases, with 59,594 deaths

Jul 01, 2020, at 09:53 am

Rio De Janeiro/Xinhua: The Brazilian Health Ministry on Tuesday raised the national count of COVID-19 cases to 1,402,041 with 59,594 deaths.

Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil surpasses 1 Million – Health Ministry

Jun 20, 2020, at 08:57 am

Moscow/Sputnik: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has increased within the past 24 hours by 54,771 to 1,032,913, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday.

Brazil overtakes Britain with second-highest Coronavirus death toll

Jun 13, 2020, at 09:30 am

Rio de Janeiro/UNI; Brazil has overtaken Britain to be the country with the second-highest death toll of COVID-19 in the world, according to data from the Brazilian Health Ministry.

Death toll from COVID-19 in Brazil rises by 1,005 to 35,026 people – Health Ministry

Jun 06, 2020, at 08:38 am

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil/Sputnik:  The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by record 1,005 to 35,026 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Friday.

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll nears 2,000 as over 30,000 test positive

Apr 17, 2020, at 12:44 pm

Brasilia/Xinhua/UNI: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil rose from 28,320 to 30,425, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Brazil registers 11,130 COVID-19 cases, 486 deaths

Apr 06, 2020, at 01:11 pm

Rio De Janeiro/Xinhua/UNI:  Brazil's Health Ministry said the country's death toll from COVID-19 has climbed to 486 as 11,130 people tested positive to the coronavirus disease.