Sources: Reuters
Brazil and Venezuela will reopen their border after a two year closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022-02-25
India surpasses 300,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Brazil. India recorded its last 100,000 deaths in less than a month. Experts warn that the real number of deaths could be much higher as many are not officially recorded; some models speculate that about a million people may have actually died. 2021-05-24
The Brazilian federal government suspends the nationwide vaccination of pregnant women using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after the death of an expectant mother in Rio de Janeiro from a stroke possibly related to the vaccination. 2021-05-11
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
Brazil reports a record 4,195 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 336,947. It was the first time that the country surpassed the mark of 4,000 deaths in a single day. 2021-04-6
Brazil surpasses nine million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States. 2021-01-28
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
Peru surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth Latin American country to surpass the milestone after Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico. 2020-12-22
Brazil reports 1,113 deaths, the country's highest in two weeks, thus bringing the death toll to 133,119. 2020-09-15