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Brazil announces end of Covid-19 health emergency
Sao Paulo, Apr 17 (EFE).- Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga announced Sunday the end of the coronavirus pandemic health emergency…
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Brazil’s most populous state lifts mask mandate for open-air spaces
Sao Paulo, Mar 9 (EFE).- Sao Paulo, Brazil’s wealthiest and most populous state, on Wednesday lifted its mask mandate for…
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Rio de Janeiro is 1st Brazilian state capital to stop requiring facemasks
By Carlos A. Moreno Rio de Janeiro, Mar 7 (EFE).- Starting this week, people will be able to circulate in…
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Rio de Janeiro hails the return of Carnival
By Maria Angelica Troncoso Rio de Janeiro, Feb 25 (EFE).- Two years ago Friday, the Rio de Janeiro Carnival culminated…
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Omicron brings renewed pressure on Brazil’s hospitals
Sao Paulo, Jan 26 (EFE).- The advance of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Brazil is driving daily infections to…
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New anti-Covid measures in Brazil with an eye on Carnival
Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan 19 (EFE).- Authorities in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populous city, on Wednesday announced new measures to…
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After 6 verified ‘flurona’ cases, Brazil probing more possible co-infections
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 4 (EFE).- Health officials in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina and Rio de…
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Brazil bars schools from mandating vaccination for students
Brasilia, Dec 30 (EFE).- Brazil’s right-wing government issued an executive order Thursday prohibiting schools from requiring students to get the…
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Brazilian states to defy Bolsonaro on Covid-19 shots for kids
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 24 (EFE).- The governments of Brazil’s 27 states said Friday that they will ignore a directive…
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Sao Paulo state: No Covid-19 deaths for 1st time since pandemic started
Sao Paulo, Nov 8 (EFE).- Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, the country’s most populous region and the one hardest hit by…
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