Sri Lanka included in US vaccine donation scheme
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The Biden administration on Thursday announced it will share 80 million excess doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of June,...
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Brazil COVID surge reaches new level
Brazil has exceeded 2,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time, as infection rates soar. The country has the second highest death...
Brazil President tests postive for COVID-19 again: Report
UTV | COLOMBO – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for coronavirus again, CNN Brazil said on Wednesday, quoting the far right leader, who underwent...
Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
UTV | COLOMBO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he...
Brazil reaches 50,000 virus deaths amid protests
Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths from Covid-19. It comes amid growing political unrest and days...
Brazil becomes second country to hit 1 million COVID-cases
Brazil has become the second country in the world to confirm more than one million cases of Covid-19, as the disease continues to spread. The...
Coronavirus: US suspends travel from Brazil for foreigners
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The US has imposed travel restrictions on foreign nationals who have been to Brazil in the last 14 days. The South...
Brazil loses second health minister in a month
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Brazil’s health minister has resigned after less than a month in the job following disagreements over of the government’s handling of...
Coronavirus: Brazil records highest daily rise in deaths
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Brazil has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from the coronavirus, health officials say. It registered 881...
In pictures: Haiti capital’s streets blocked as protests spread – [IMAGES]
(UTV|Haiti) – Anti-government protesters barricaded key streets in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday. The blockades came a day after police demanding better working conditions...