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World updates: Coronavirus cases top 11.8mn, deaths surge past 544K
Jul 08, 2020 07:01Global coronavirus cases have topped 11.8 million, and the death toll has surpassed 544,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Brazil reports over 26,000 new cases of coronavirus, 600 deaths
Jul 06, 2020 01:31The novel coronavirus continues to claim lives in Brazil, as new cases remain stubbornly high in the Latin American nation.
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Bolsonaro threatens to quit WHO as virus kills 'a Brazilian per minute'
Jun 06, 2020 03:59President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the UN agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the region.
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Brazil president threatens crackdown on ‘terrorist’ anti-racism, pro-democracy protesters
Jun 06, 2020 01:53Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called Black Lives Matter activists and people taking part in pro-democracy rallies "pot-user terrorists" and "delinquents", saying he had asked security forces to act if demonstrations expected on Sunday exceed limits.
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Brazil coronavirus death toll surges to third-highest in world
Jun 05, 2020 03:07Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed Italy's making it the third-highest in the world while the UN's secretary-general has called for a "people's vaccine" to stem the pandemic.
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Contaminated corns from Brazil are to be turned into ethanol: Iran
May 27, 2020 00:47Iranian authorities say a large Brazilian cargo of corn stuck for nearly a year in a port south of the country because of contamination will be turned into simple alcohol to help a national fight against the new coronavirus pandemic.
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Bolsonaro joins protesters as Brazil political scandal heats up amid pandemic
May 25, 2020 02:07Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday has hailed supporters rallying in the country’s capital to back his administration as an unfolding political scandal adds to the public health crisis driven by the coronavirus outbreak.
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White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil
May 25, 2020 01:14US President Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world’s coronavirus hotspots by denying entry to foreigners coming from Brazil, which is second to the US in the number of confirmed cases.
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Brazil’s Lula warns virus could cause ‘genocide’ under Bolsonaro
May 15, 2020 08:19Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has called for the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, warning that his fierce opposition toward coronavirus restrictions could cause “genocide” in the country.
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Brazil passes France in recorded coronavirus cases to become world’s 6th country
May 14, 2020 07:57Brazil registered a record number of new cases of the new coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing France’s tally to become the sixth worst-hit country, as the disease sends the economy toward its worst year since at least 1900.