Brazil records 34,000 coronavirus deaths, the world’s third highest total behind US and UK Brazil reported a new record of 1,473 deaths in 24 hours making its total 34,021 The US has reported 108,211 coronavirus deaths while the UK has had 39,987 Brazil has also confirmed 614,941 infections, the second largest in the world Here’s how … Read more
Parents hail ‘miracle’ as their five-month-old baby boy returns home after spending 32 days in a coma with coronavirus in Brazil Baby Dom tested positive for COVID just a few months after he was born in Rio Doctors at first thought it was bacterial infection before he went back to hospital He was in hospital … Read more
Brazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday as the disease continued to rip through South America’s worst-hit country. Figures released by the health ministry showed a new record 1,262 deaths in the previous 24 hours, as well as 28,936 new infections. The figures come as some Brazilian states began to emerge from … Read more
The US has sent two million doses of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to Brazil to use against the novel coronavirus, the two governments said on Sunday. In a joint statement, the two countries said the medication will be used as a prophylactic for healthcare workers in Brazil as well as a treatment for Brazilians who … Read more
Chinese pterodactyl wings its way to the UK: Fossil of a toothless pterosaur commonly found in China and Brazil is discovered on the Isle of Wight The specimen was found by a dog walker in Sandown Bay on the island’s coast University of Portsmouth palaeontologists identified it as a toothless jawbone The fossil — ‘Wightia … Read more
Moment paralyzed deaf-mute teenager attempts to rob a jewelry shop in Brazil with a fake gun held with his FEET A 19-year-old paralyzed man tried robbing a jewelry store in Canela, Brazil, on Monday by pointing a toy gun at a shopkeeper The worker said the teen had been in the shop for 10 minutes … Read more
Moment Brazilian president who once described COVID-19 as a ‘little flu’ is called a ‘murderer’ and jeered at as he ate a hotdog outside his secretary general’s home Brazil President Jail Bolsonaro did not wear a face mask when he posed for a photo with a young girl Saturday night near a hot dog stand … Read more
An expletive-filled video of Brazil‘s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro raging at his enemies has sparked outrage in the country as it battles the world’s second-largest coronavirus outbreak. Brazilian media counted 31 presidential swear words during the two-hour cabinet meeting, in which Bolsonaro called two governors who imposed lockdowns a ‘piece of s**t’ and a ‘pile … Read more
The White House on Sunday broadened its travel ban against countries hard-hit by the coronavirus by denying admission to foreigners who have been in Brazil during the two-week period before they hoped to enter the United States. President Donald Trump had already banned travel from the United Kingdom, Europe and China. He said last week … Read more
Hundreds of mass graves have been dug in Brazil as the country recorded 21,116 deaths from coronavirus yesterday. Brazil has had more than 330,000 coronavirus infections, making it the third worst affected country in the world and the worst affected in South America. It briefly overtook Russia as the world’s number two hotspot for Covid-19 … Read more