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Malta reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil.
2021-04-21

Maryland reports their first case of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil in a deceased adult aged older than 65 living in Washington metropolitan area, who had international travel.
2021-02-17

The Spanish Health Ministry introduces a ten-day quarantine for all travelers arriving from Brazil and South Africa.
2021-02-17

Switzerland reports its first case of the Brazilian P.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2.
2021-02-9

Germany reports their first case of the more contagious B.1.1.248 variant in a person who travelled from Brazil to Hesse.
2021-01-22

Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac appears to be safe in providing protection against COVID-19, as preliminary results of Phase III clinical trial in Brazil show. São Paulo's Instituto Butantan, one of Brazil's leading biomedical research centres carrying out the trials, says CoronaVac proved to be safe after its two doses were applied to 9,000 volunteers, but said data on how effective it is in protecting people against COVID-19 will not be released until it has been tested on all 15,000 volunteers in newly expanded trials.
2020-10-19

Brazil surpasses two million cases. The death toll reaches 76,000.
2020-07-16

President Rodrigo Duterte rejects the prospect of reopening the country during a televised cabinet meeting. He goes on to claim that following the examples of the United States', Brazil's and others' "bold actions" would result in "pandemonium", and the potential resultant spike in COVID-19 cases would land the nation in "deep shit".
2020-07-9

Brazil's Ministry of Health reports a record 34,918 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,282 more deaths in the last 24 hours. Despite the record daily rise, Chief of Staff of the Presidency Walter Souza Braga Netto says the virus is now under control.
2020-06-16

The first case in Latin America is confirmed by the Ministry of Health of Brazil in São Paulo.
2020-02-26