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Thailand reports its first case of a SARS-CoV-2 variant that originated from Brazil in an overseas traveler who is currently in quarantine.
2021-05-5

Austria reports its first case of the Lineage P.2 variant first detected in Brazil in a person from Salzburg state.
2021-03-8

Brazil reports a record 1,641 new deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 257,361.
2021-03-2

Brazil surpasses 10 million cases of COVID-19, being the second country to do so after the United States.
2021-02-18

Russia surpasses three million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil.
2020-12-26

Brazil's Ministry of Health reports 6,935 new cases of COVID-19 and 600 more deaths, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 7,921 and 114,715 total cases.
2020-05-5

Brazil closes its international border with Venezuela, following a similar move enacted but then rescinded by Colombia earlier in 2018, as a response to an increase in Venezuelans fleeing their country to neighbouring states.
2018-08-6

Because of the risk of Zika virus infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends pregnant women consider not traveling to Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics in August, and-or for the 2016 Summer Paralympics the following month.
2016-02-26

About eighty tons of dead fish are discovered and removed in a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, likely due to localized ocean anoxia and algal blooms.
2010-02-28