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Helio Angotti Neto, chief of the Health Ministry's Science, Technology, Innovation and Strategic Inputs department attends a news conference in Brasilia, Brazil June 27, 2020. Carolina Antunes/Brazilian Presidency via REUTERS
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The man behind Brazil's search for miracle Covid-19 cures

Bolsonaro - a vaccine skeptic and promoter of discredited treatments such as hydroxychloroquine - said this new drug, Proxalutamide, would "soon be available to all Brazil." He invited a...

File Photo: Gravediggers carry a coffin during a collective burial of people that have passed away due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020/ Reuters
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Brazil hits 82,000 Covid deaths in April, new monthly record

Citizens wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a vaccination day for 57-year-old and older citizens, in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo
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Brazil calls on countries to share spare vaccines

An aerial view shows gravediggers wearing protective suits carrying a coffin during burial of a person who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at Vila Formosa cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. Reuters/Amanda Perobelli
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Brazil passes 400,000 Covid-19 fatalities with high death toll to plateau for months

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Russian vaccine developer plans to sue Brazilian regulator for defamation

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Brazil Senate votes to suspend patent protection on Covid-19 vaccines

An aerial view shows gravediggers wearing protective suits carrying a coffin during burial of a person who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at Vila Formosa cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. Reuters/Amanda Perobelli
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Brazil nears 400,000 Covid-19 deaths

The calculations were based on preliminary data obtained 42 days after the first dose, Russia's health ministry, the state-run Gamaleya research centre and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement. Photo: Reuters
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Brazil says Sputnik's vaccine approval in other countries not enough

Oxygen concentrators are in short supply because of the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph: Collected
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Oxygen packing plant in Brazil hit by explosion

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a promotion ceremony for generals of the armed forces, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil December 9, 2019/ Reuters
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says military would follow his orders to take the streets

A fire is seen on a tract of Amazon jungle at Tenharim Marmelos Indigenous Land, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 15, 2019. Photo :Reuters
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Brazil cuts environment spending one day after US climate summit pledge

Nursing technician Semei Araujo Cunha puts what she calls 'maozinha do amor' or 'hands of love', warm water-filled gloves, on a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient intubated at a UPA (Emergency Service Unit) in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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'Hands of love': warm latex gloves mimic human touch for Covid-19 patients in Brazil

A man walks inside a Terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy near Paris as France closed its borders to travellers outside European Union due to restrictions against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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France to impose 10-day quarantine for travellers coming from Brazil