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COVID-19 toll in Brazil rises by 1,156 to 26,754
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people, who died of COVID-19 in Brazil, increased by a record 1,156 to 26,754 within the past 24 hours, the national health ministry said on late Thursday.
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Brazil reports over 11,000 new COVID-19 cases, toll at 23,473
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 26 (ANI): Brazil has registered 11,687 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide total to 3,74,898, CNN reported quoting the country's health ministry.
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Coronavirus count in Brazil surpasses 3,63,000
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 25 (ANI): The coronavirus count in Brazil surpassed 3,63,000 after over 15,800 new cases were registered in the country in the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry announced on Sunday (local time).
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Brazil Health Minister resigns less than a month in office, says president
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 16 (ANI): Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich has resigned after being in office for less than a month, even as the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge in the country.
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Brazil confirms over 160,000 coronavirus cases
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 11 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has surpassed 160,000 with the country's COVID-19 death toll standing at over 11,000 according to Health Ministry data.
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Brazilian Court gives Bolsonaro 48 hours to release his COVID-19 test resu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 01 (Sputnik/ANI): A court in Brazil has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to release the results of his coronavirus tests within two days, Brazilian media reported on Friday.
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Brazil Justice Minister resigns after Bolsonaro fires police chief
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], April 24 (ANI): Brazil Justice Minister Sergio Moro on Friday resigned as a mark of protest after President Jair Bolsonaro fired the police federal chief.
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Brazil reports over 6,000 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], April 19 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has surpassed 36,000 with the death toll standing at over 2,340 according to the country's Health Ministry.
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Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpass 2,000
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], April 18 (Sputnik/ANI): Brazil recorded 217 more coronavirus-related deaths in the past day, taking the toll to 2,141, the Health Ministry of Latin America's worst-hit country said on Friday.
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Brazilian President sacks health minister after dispute over COVID-19 resp
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], April 17 (ANI): Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday sacked health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta after the latter criticised the president for refusing to abide by the ministry's social distancing guidelines amid coronavirus crisis.
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After Trump, Brazil's Bolsonaro thanks PM Modi for supplying hydroxychrolo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], April 9 (ANI): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing the export of raw materials to his country to produce hydroxychroloquine - an anti-malaria drug - seen as useful in the treatment of COVID-19.
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About 1,500 inmates escape from Brazilian prisons amid COVID-19 outbreak:
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Mar 17 (Sputnik/ANI): Approximately 1,500 inmates have escaped from at least four semi-open penitentiaries in the Brazilian region of Sao Paulo following riots against the measures taken by the government to fight the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, several local media
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