Brazil registered 164 deaths and 14,661 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health. According to the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass), this Wednesday (3), the moving averages of deaths and infections were 222 and 9,945, respectively. With the update, the country has a total of […]
8-year-old boy becomes the youngest Brazilian to join a world genius club
Gustavo Saldanha, 8, this week became the youngest Brazilian to join an international society of people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ), Mensa International, popularly known as a ‘club for geniuses’. The student plays seven musical instruments, installs operating systems on computers and has an ‘out of the ordinary’ IQ. All this because the boy […]
Doria: São Paulo should make use of masks more flexible until December 1st
The governor of São Paulo, João Doria confirmed to CNN, this Wednesday (03), that the state of São Paulo should make the use of protective masks in open places more flexible between November 28th and December 1st. The information had been disclosed by communication from the Palácio dos Bandeirantes in the early afternoon of this […]
Impasse in the PEC of the court orders locks the purchase of vaccines for 2022
The impasse around the PEC of Precatório in Congress has blocked the purchase of lots of Covid-19 vaccines for 2022. With less than two months to go before the end of the year, the Ministry of Health has not signed a contract for the acquisition of 100 million doses of Pfizer for next year. According […]
WHO has already released emergency use of 8 vaccines against Covid-19; see what they are
The World Health Organization (WHO) released on Wednesday (3) the eighth vaccine against Covid-19 for emergency use since the beginning of the pandemic. Covaxin, from the Indian laboratory Bharat Biotech, has joined the WHO Emergency Use List (EUL), a prerequisite for supplying the vaccine through the Covax consortium, which distributes vaccines for cost-effectiveness. poor and […]
São Paulo’s Immigrant Party will once again take place in person in 2021
The Museum of Immigration of São Paulo announced this Wednesday (3) that it will resume the face-to-face edition of the traditional Festa do Imigrante, held annually at the site of the former Imigrantes do Brás Inn and which, in 2020, was held virtually due to to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 26th Festa do Imigrante will […]
Dumps in Brazil generate 27 million tons of CO2 on the planet, says study
The approximately 3,000 dumps that still exist in Brazil release around 27 million tons of CO² equivalent per year, according to a survey carried out by specialists at Orizon Valorização de Residuos, the company responsible for managing several ecoparks in the country. Orizon’s CEO, Milton Pilão, who is in Glasglow, Scotland, to participate in the […]
Brazilian cities agree to reduce pollution and more than November 3
Brazilian cities agree to reduce environmental pollution, the impact of electricity bills on GDP and emergency use of the Covaxin vaccine are among the highlights of the 5 Facts Afternoon this Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Agreement to reduce pollution Eight Brazilian cities enter into an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions by half by 2030. […]
Best Countries, Cities and Regions to Visit in 2022, According to Lonely Planet
In 1973, young British couple Tony and Maureen Wheeler published a guide entitled “Across Asia on The Cheap” about travel through Asia cheaply. Little did they know that an unpretentious guide would be the basis for a worldwide travel brand called Lonely Planet. Nearly 50 years later, the Lonely Planet travel guide empire is in […]
SP registers 93% drop in deaths by Covid-19 since April, says government
The government of the state of São Paulo announced this Wednesday (3) that deaths by Covid-19 in the state fell by about 93% compared to April 2021, reaching 62 deaths the day before, November 2 – on April 1, the number was 890 deaths from the disease. At a press conference, Governor João Doria (PSDB) […]