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All Stories for Coronavirus In Brazil
Brazil stops publishing coronavirus data; Bolsonaro says website 'not representative' of reality as experts warn against undermining pandemic’s gravity
• 5 years agoBrazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation
Neymar mistakenly registered to receive welfare repayment compensation from Brazilian government, says report
Fpsports • 5 years agoNeymar's name, date of birth and Brazilian ID number were used to register for the stimulus payment from the federal government, local news site UOL reported.
Amazonas city runs out of coffins, undertakers dig mass graves as coronavirus toll in Brazil climbs to 6,276; can’t work miracles, says Jair Bolsonaro
• 5 years agoDeaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves
Brazil emerges as potential hotspot with 4,500 coronavirus deaths, overburdened hospitals; Jair Bolsonaro dismisses seriousness of ‘little flu’
• 5 years agoBrazil is emerging as potentially the next big hot spot for the coronavirus amid President Jair Bolsonaro’s insistence that it is just a 'little flu' and that there is no need for the sharp restrictions
Coronavirus Outbreak: Chelsea's Willian cautious about resuming Premier League even without fans
• 5 years agoChelsea winger Willian is relishing the Premier League resuming, with some reservations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Gina Dal Colleto, 97-yr-old great-grandmother, becomes oldest person in Brazil to recover from coronavirus
• 5 years agoWhen 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalized on 1 April with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought she would survive the deadly virus.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Global infections near 5 lakh as health systems buckle; WHO slams world leaders for wasting time
• 5 years agoThe number of coronavirus infections closed in on a half-million worldwide Thursday, with both Italy and the US on track to surpass China, and a record-shattering 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in a single week in a stark demonstration of the damage to the world's biggest economy
Donald Trump 'not concerned' about possible exposure to coronavirus after he dined with Brazilian official who tested positive
• 5 years agoUS President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining last week with a Brazilian government official who has since tested positive for the disease