Trump Not Planning To Get Coronavirus Test After Meeting Aide Who Tested Positive
5 years ago

Trump Not Planning To Get Coronavirus Test After Meeting Aide Who Tested Positive

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s not concerned that he came into contact with a Brazilian official who has since tested positive for coronavirus, even as other U.S. politicians who may have met the man self-quarantine as a precaution. During remarks Thursday at the White House, Trump said that he was “not concerned” about the meeting with Bolsonaro’s infected aide. Later Thursday, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that Trump and Vice President Mike Pence would not seek testing, citing CDC guidelines that there is “currently no indication to test patients without symptoms, and only people with prolonged close exposure to confirmed positive cases should self-quarantine.” “The White House is aware of public reports that a member of the Brazilian delegation’s visit to Mar-a-Lago last weekend tested positive for COVID-19; confirmatory testing is pending,” Grisham said in the statement. Both the President and Vice President had almost no interactions with the individual who tested positive and do not require being tested at this time.” Four U.S. government officials announced Thursday they would self-quarantine after interacting with Bolsonaro’s aide.

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Trump takes advantage of our collective COVID amnesia
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump takes advantage of our collective COVID amnesia

Salon  

Five years ago, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was officially a pandemic and the whole world embarked on a shared experience like nothing before in any of our lives. As Judd Legum at Public Notice presciently posted on X: Months before that a prominent Democrat had warned the country about the possibility of a pandemic and the country's …

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember

Salon  

At a campaign event in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump asked the crowd a question Ronald Reagan also asked voters in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter, and one many presidents before have asked. “People are still framing questions like that as if where we were four years ago was not in the early stages of a …

New book claims Donald Trump gifted COVID test kits for Vladimir Putin's personal use
5 months, 2 weeks ago

New book claims Donald Trump gifted COVID test kits for Vladimir Putin's personal use

ABC  

Donald Trump secretly sent COVID tests to Vladimir Putin during the initial outbreak of coronavirus in 2020, despite a US-wide shortage, a wide-ranging book by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward claims. Trump, who was hospitalised with severe COVID in October 2020, sent COVID test kits to Moscow for Mr Putin's personal use, Woodword wrote in excerpts published by the Washington …

Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports

NPR  

Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Vice President Harris is criticizing Donald Trump following new reporting by the journalist Bob Woodward that the former president secretly shared COVID-19 test machines with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at a moment in 2020 when tests were out of reach for …

Biden tests positive for COVID-19: White House
8 months, 1 week ago

Biden tests positive for COVID-19: White House

China Daily  

US President Joe Biden WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the White House confirmed. "Earlier today following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. The president has been at many events, as we all know, and he just tested positive for Covid," Janet Murguia, president of the group, told …

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has 'mild symptoms'
8 months, 1 week ago

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has 'mild symptoms'

Hindustan Times  

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “general malaise” from the infection, the White House said. President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has 'mild symptoms' Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will fly to his home in Delaware, where …

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has ‘mild symptoms’
8 months, 1 week ago

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has ‘mild symptoms’

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “general malaise” from the infection, the White House said. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will fly to his home in Delaware, where he will “self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during …

Several probes target Brazil’s Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first
1 year ago

Several probes target Brazil’s Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s term wound down in the final days of December 2022, he had decided to skip the ritual of handing over the presidential sash to his successor, and instead made plans to travel abroad. But there was a problem, according to a Federal Police indictment unveiled Tuesday: Bolsonaro didn’t have the necessary …

White House lifting its COVID-19 testing rule for people around Biden, ending a pandemic vestige
1 year ago

White House lifting its COVID-19 testing rule for people around Biden, ending a pandemic vestige

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday lifted its COVID-19 testing requirement for those who plan to be in close contact with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses, bringing to an end the last coronavirus prevention protocol at the White House. The White House said the change aligns its policies with the Centers for Disease Control …

Brazil's Bolsonaro faces questioning in fake vaccine card investigation
1 year, 10 months ago

Brazil's Bolsonaro faces questioning in fake vaccine card investigation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro …

Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro is questioned in fake-vaccine-card investigation
1 year, 10 months ago

Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro is questioned in fake-vaccine-card investigation

LA Times  

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to reporters outside his home in Brasilia on May 3, 2023, after a police search. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was questioned Tuesday by federal police in an investigation into allegations that COVID-19 vaccine cards were falsified to get around U.S. vaccination requirements. Other legal headaches for Bolsonaro include an investigation into his role …

Brazilian police raid former president Jair Bolsonaro's home amid probe into COVID-19 vaccination record
1 year, 10 months ago

Brazilian police raid former president Jair Bolsonaro's home amid probe into COVID-19 vaccination record

ABC  

Brazilian police have raided former president Jair Bolsonaro's home and seized his mobile phone as part of an investigation into his COVID-19 vaccination records. Key points: Jair Bolsonaro is a strident coronavirus sceptic who vowed never to get a COVID vaccine Health records made public in February showed he was registered as vaccinated Federal police are said to have found …

Brazil searches former President Bolsonaro’s home in vaccine card fraud inquiry
1 year, 10 months ago

Brazil searches former President Bolsonaro’s home in vaccine card fraud inquiry

LA Times  

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to reporters outside his home in Brasilia after federal police agents carried out a search warrant on May 3, 3023. Brazil’s federal police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone Wednesday in what they said was an investigation into falsified COVID-19 vaccine cards. Asked about the search of Bolsonaro’s home, the …

Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘very mild symptoms’
2 years, 8 months ago

Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘very mild symptoms’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and went into isolation with mild symptoms. White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha told reporters at a briefing that he spoke with Biden over the phone and the president “sounded great.” “He had been working all morning,” Jha said. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the president’s …

U.S. Health secretary tests positive for coronavirus on Germany trip
2 years, 10 months ago

U.S. Health secretary tests positive for coronavirus on Germany trip

LA Times  

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for the coronavirus and has mild COVID-19 symptoms. President Biden’s top health official tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, the latest member of the Cabinet to do so. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra took the test while visiting Berlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services said. …

Trump slams politicians who won’t say they got booster shots
3 years, 2 months ago

Trump slams politicians who won’t say they got booster shots

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump is slamming politicians who refuse to say whether they have received COVID-19 booster shots as “gutless.” “You gotta say it. Trump, who was booed last month by supporters after revealing he had gotten a booster shot, has become increasingly vocal in calling out those who have questioned the vaccines’ efficacy and safety. Don’t …

Bolivia VP, 6 cabinet ministers infected with coronavirus
3 years, 2 months ago

Bolivia VP, 6 cabinet ministers infected with coronavirus

The Independent  

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Biden urges concern but not alarm in US as omicron rises
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden urges concern but not alarm in US as omicron rises

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm as the …

Brazil's Bolsonaro to be investigated for linking vaccine and AIDS
3 years, 3 months ago

Brazil's Bolsonaro to be investigated for linking vaccine and AIDS

The Hindu  

A justice of Brazil’s top court ordered on December 3 that President Jair Bolsonaro be investigated for comments linking COVID-19 vaccines to AIDS — an assertion rejected by doctors and scientists. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes instructed the country’s top prosecutor, Augusto Aras, to look into the accusation raised by a pandemic inquiry conducted by Brazil’s Senate. Mr. Moraes …

Brazil orders probe into Bolsonaro linking COVID vaccine and AIDS
3 years, 3 months ago

Brazil orders probe into Bolsonaro linking COVID vaccine and AIDS

Al Jazeera  

President Bolsonaro had claimed that COVID-19 vaccines may raise the chance of contracting AIDS. The Brazilian Supreme Court has ordered a probe into President Jair Bolsonaro for claiming that COVID-19 vaccines may increase the chances of contracting AIDS. In a live broadcast on October 24, Bolsonaro said that “official reports from the UK government suggest that fully vaccinated people …

Trump tested COVID-positive pre-debate, ex-aide says in book
3 years, 3 months ago

Trump tested COVID-positive pre-debate, ex-aide says in book

Associated Press  

Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 three days before his first presidential debate in September 2020 with Joe Biden, according to a new book by Trump’s former chief of staff. In “The Chief’s Chief,” obtained by The Guardian before its Dec. 7 release, Mark Meadows writes that the then-president received a negative test shortly after the positive test and resumed …

All the Places Trump Went After Secretly Testing Positive for COVID
55 years, 2 months ago

All the Places Trump Went After Secretly Testing Positive for COVID

Slate  

Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, has revealed new details about Trump’s coronavirus deceit. According to excerpts from Meadows’ new book, The Chief’s Chief—as reported by the Guardian, which broke the story—Meadows got word of the positive test result just as Trump was taking off on Marine Force One from the White House to Joint Base Andrews, …

Trump may have exposed ‘hundreds’ to COVID-19 by hiding his positive test: CNN
3 years, 3 months ago

Trump may have exposed ‘hundreds’ to COVID-19 by hiding his positive test: CNN

Raw Story  

Donald Trump may have exposed hundreds of people to the deadly coronavirus if his former chief of staff is correct that he concealed a positive test result, CNN said Wednesday. "His former chief of staff has said in a new book that Trump tested positive days before the White House at the time, the administration revealed that fact to the …

Trump's COVID bombshell: He was symptomatic three days before debate with Biden
3 years, 3 months ago

Trump's COVID bombshell: He was symptomatic three days before debate with Biden

Salon  

Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 just days before he was slated to debate with then-nominee Joe Biden, according to a forthcoming memoir by Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows. In the book, obtained by The Guardian, Meadows claims that Trump tested positive for the virus less than 72 hours prior to the first presidential debate, a result that would …

Trump was COVID positive before his first debate with Biden, says ex-aide Mark Meadows
3 years, 3 months ago

Trump was COVID positive before his first debate with Biden, says ex-aide Mark Meadows

LA Times  

Then-President Trump, left and Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29 at Case Western University in Cleveland. Then-President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus three days before his first presidential debate in September 2020 with Joe Biden and days earlier than that diagnosis was previously disclosed, according to a new book by Trump’s former chief of staff. …

The Guardian: Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate with Biden
3 years, 3 months ago

The Guardian: Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate with Biden

CNN  

CNN — Then-President Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days ahead of his first 2020 presidential debate with Joe Biden – though he also had a negative result in that same timeframe, according to excerpts from a forthcoming book from the former Republican president’s chief of staff reported by The Guardian. The previously unknown positive test is disclosed in …

Ex-White House official says Trump showed ‘flagrant lack of regard for public health’ in keeping positive Covid test secret
3 years, 3 months ago

Ex-White House official says Trump showed ‘flagrant lack of regard for public health’ in keeping positive Covid test secret

CNN  

Washington CNN — Former President Donald Trump showed “a flagrant lack of regard for public health” and endangered White House staff by not disclosing a positive Covid-19 test he received last year, his former communications director said Wednesday. “Full stop, this demonstrates a flagrant lack of regard for public health and for the well-being of others,” Alyssa Farah Griffin, who …

Biden on report that Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate: ‘I don’t think about the former President’
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden on report that Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate: ‘I don’t think about the former President’

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden on Wednesday had a sharp response to a reporter’s question on a report that suggested then-President Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 last year earlier than previously disclosed. Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days ahead of his first 2020 presidential debate with Biden – though he also had a negative result in that same …

Official Who Travelled With Joe Biden to Europe This Week Tested Positive For Virus, Quarantined in Scotland
3 years, 4 months ago

Official Who Travelled With Joe Biden to Europe This Week Tested Positive For Virus, Quarantined in Scotland

News 18  

A person traveling with President Joe Biden to Europe this past week received a positive test result for the coronavirus, the administration confirmed Thursday, saying the individual did not have close contact with the president. The fully-vaccinated person is asymptomatic and is remaining in Scotland to quarantine while undergoing additional tests after testing positive on a lateral flow rapid test …

Four from Brazilian President Bolsonaro's inner circle test Covid positive: Two accompanied him at UNGA
3 years, 6 months ago

Four from Brazilian President Bolsonaro's inner circle test Covid positive: Two accompanied him at UNGA

India Today  

Days after the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro addressed the United Nations General Assembly several members who accompanied him to the annual gathering have tested positive for Covid-19. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro pulls off his protective face mask to address the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly. Apart from the health Minister, Bolsonaro's son Eduardo and Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina …

Brazil health minister tests Covid positive hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to UNGA
3 years, 6 months ago

Brazil health minister tests Covid positive hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to UNGA

India TV News  

Brazil's health minister tested positive for the coronavirus in New York after President Jair Bolsonaro spoke at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. Other members of Brazil’s government in New York tested negative for the virus, the statement said. I'll last year with Covid-19, the disease that can be caused by the coronavirus, Bolsonaro has said several times over the …

Brazil's Health Minister Tests Positive for Covid-19 at UN Gathering
3 years, 6 months ago

Brazil's Health Minister Tests Positive for Covid-19 at UN Gathering

News 18  

Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday after attending the UN General Assembly in New York that was inaugurated by his president, Jair Bolsonaro, according to an official statement. Queiroga, who had received a Covid-19 vaccine, was the second member of Bolsonaro’s entourage to test positive for the virus since arriving in New York for the UN …

Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet
3 years, 6 months ago

Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet

The Independent  

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Brazil's Bolsonaro Going to UN Meet Despite Being Unvaccinated
3 years, 6 months ago

Brazil's Bolsonaro Going to UN Meet Despite Being Unvaccinated

News 18  

Brazil’s Covid-unvaccinated President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he will attend next week’s United Nations conclave in New York, effectively defying city authorities who recently announced proof-of-vaccination requirements for all attending leaders and diplomats. It will be “a calm speech, very objective, focused on the issues that interest us,” added Bolsonaro, who said he would discuss Brazil’s approach to the coronavirus …

Brazil President Bolsonaro going to UN meet despite being unvaccinated
3 years, 6 months ago

Brazil President Bolsonaro going to UN meet despite being unvaccinated

India Today  

Brazil's Covid-unvaccinated President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he will attend next week's United Nations conclave in New York, effectively defying city authorities who recently announced proof-of-vaccination requirements for all attending leaders and diplomats. "Next week I will be at the UN General Assembly, where I will give an opening speech" on Tuesday, the president said during a social media broadcast. …

A White House official and a senior Pelosi aide, both fully vaccinated, have tested positive for Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

A White House official and a senior Pelosi aide, both fully vaccinated, have tested positive for Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — A White House official and a senior aide in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, who are both fully vaccinated, have tested positive for Covid-19, CNN has learned. “Yesterday, a fully-vaccinated senior spokesperson in the Speaker’s Press Office tested positive for COVID after contact with members of the Texas state legislature last week,” Hammill said. Our office will continue …

Brazilians protest Bolsonaro’s handling of the COVID pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Brazilians protest Bolsonaro’s handling of the COVID pandemic

Al Jazeera  

Thousands demonstrate after Brazil’s top court authorises a probe into the president’s response to vaccine allegations. Thousands of people have protested across Brazil against Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic after the country’s top court authorised an investigation into the president’s response to corruption allegations related to the procurement of vaccines. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber authorised a …

Brazil senator says Bolsonaro never wanted Covid-19 vaccines, preferred herd immunity
3 years, 10 months ago

Brazil senator says Bolsonaro never wanted Covid-19 vaccines, preferred herd immunity

India Today  

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro never wanted to buy Covid-19 vaccines and originally bet on herd immunity beating the coronavirus, the senator leading the upper house's inquiry into the government's handling of the crisis said on Friday. "I think everything points in that direction," Calheiros said, regarding Bolsonaro's preference for herd immunity. "This is why he never wanted a vaccine," Calheiros …

President Bolsonaro exacerbated Covid pandemic in Brazil: Ex-minister
3 years, 10 months ago

President Bolsonaro exacerbated Covid pandemic in Brazil: Ex-minister

India Today  

Brazil's ex-health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta told a Senate inquiry Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly ignored warnings that his response to the coronavirus pandemic risked causing the health system to collapse. Mandetta, who resigned in April 2020 after clashing with Bolsonaro over Covid-19, bluntly criticized his ex-boss in testimony to a commission investigating whether the far-right leader's administration has …

‘I warned Bolsonaro’, ex-Brazil minister testifies in COVID probe
3 years, 10 months ago

‘I warned Bolsonaro’, ex-Brazil minister testifies in COVID probe

Al Jazeera  

Ex-health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta says he told President Jair Bolsonaro to listen to the science to fight virus. Brazil’s former health minister has told a parliamentary inquiry that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro ignored repeated warnings that his approach to COVID-19 could cause the health system to collapse in the South American nation. Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who was fired in …

Brazil top court orders probe of Bolsonaro’s pandemic steps
3 years, 11 months ago

Brazil top court orders probe of Bolsonaro’s pandemic steps

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the Senate on Thursday to investigate the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and the full court ruled that churches can be barred from reopening during the pandemic, threatening to further strain tensions between President Jair Bolsonaro and the judiciary. The order by Justice Luis Roberto Barroso for a Senate probe …

Brazil’s Bolsonaro ignores calls for lockdown despite galloping COVID-19 death toll
3 years, 11 months ago

Brazil’s Bolsonaro ignores calls for lockdown despite galloping COVID-19 death toll

LA Times  

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro insisted Wednesday that there will be “no national lockdown,” ignoring growing calls from health experts a day after the nation saw its highest number of COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours since the pandemic began. Brazil’s Health Ministry registered 4,195 deaths Tuesday, becoming the third country to exceed the 4,000 daily mark as Bolsonaro’s political opponents demanded …

Biden warns it's not yet time to return to normal as he brings forward vaccination eligibility goal
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden warns it's not yet time to return to normal as he brings forward vaccination eligibility goal

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden warned Americans on Tuesday that 'we aren't at the finish line' when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and said it is not yet time to return to normal. President Joe Biden warned Americans that 'we aren't at the finish line' when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and he reminded people to remain cautious President Biden …

Brazil CEOs and economists blast Bolsonaro’s COVID response
4 years ago

Brazil CEOs and economists blast Bolsonaro’s COVID response

Al Jazeera  

President Bolsonaro says he is still not convinced by COVID lockdowns as cases soar in Latin America’s largest country. Hundreds of Brazilian business leaders and economists blasted President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the coronavirus crisis on Monday and called for a new policy approach as the country enters a critical phase of its COVID-19 outbreak. Brazil’s government is racing to …

Donald And Melania Trump Quietly Received COVID-19 Vaccine In January: Reports
4 years ago

Donald And Melania Trump Quietly Received COVID-19 Vaccine In January: Reports

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump quietly received the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House in January, several outlets reported Monday. Donald Trump’s approach contrasts, in particular, with those of President Joe Biden and other living former presidents who allowed their shots to be broadcast, saying they wanted to promote trust in the process. ALEX …

Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces probe after hospitals ran out of oxygen
4 years, 1 month ago

Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces probe after hospitals ran out of oxygen

Al Jazeera  

Brazil’s prosecutor-general has opened a preliminary investigation into the country’s president and health minister for possible negligence in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Manaus city, according to a document seen by the Reuters news agency. The probe into President Jair Bolsonaro and Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello, revealed by Prosecutor-General Augusto Aras in a document sent to Supreme Court Justice …

Brazil’s top court OKs probe into handling of COVID-19 in Manaus
4 years, 2 months ago

Brazil’s top court OKs probe into handling of COVID-19 in Manaus

Al Jazeera  

Surge in infections and hospitalisations is overwhelming health system in capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state. A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has approved an investigation into the health minister’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Amazonian city of Manaus, where the health system has been pushed to its limits by a surge in infections. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski …

US coronavirus advisers Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci reveal obstacles to Donald Trump's COVID-19 response
4 years, 2 months ago

US coronavirus advisers Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci reveal obstacles to Donald Trump's COVID-19 response

ABC  

The coordinator of former US president Donald Trump's coronavirus task force said she had to grapple with COVID-19 deniers in the White House, and that someone gave Mr Trump "parallel" streams of data that conflicted with hers. Key points: Mr Klain says while millions of vaccine doses have been distributed around the US, only half have been given out He …

Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro
4 years, 2 months ago

Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thousands of Brazilians took the streets for a second day …

VIRUS TODAY: Barriers slow efforts to vaccinate immigrants
4 years, 2 months ago

VIRUS TODAY: Barriers slow efforts to vaccinate immigrants

The Independent  

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