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Sao Luis, May 5 (EFE).- Brazil is approaching the most critical moment of the epidemic in the country, divided between the states that have decided to reinforce social isolation and those that are already beginning to rehearse a gradual reopening.The country recorded a daily record of 600 deaths on Tuesday.Maranhao, in the impoverished northeast of the country, on Tuesday became the first Brazilian state to order the total confinement of the population, although only in the regional capital, Sao Luis, and its metropolitan area. (Camera: PEDRO GAMA). SHOT LIST: THE CITY OF SAO LUIS AND ITS METROPOLITAN AREA, MARANHAO STATE, BRAZIL, AMID CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN.
Rio de Janeiro, Apr 13 (EFE).- Appearing as the backdrop in the music videos of pop stars such as Michael Jackson and Alicia Keys, a favela in Rio de Janeiro is relying on a group of residents who, due to a lack of public services, clean and disinfect the famous neighborhood to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Located in the south of Rio, the Santa Marta (or Dona Marta) favela has joined the fight against SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil, a country in which 1,328 deaths and 23,430 confirmed cases have already been recorded.Some of its residents have organized themselves to disinfect the common areas of this neighborhood with a fifth-generation quaternary ammonium, an expensive product that has already been used in other countries for the same purpose and which they were able to afford thanks to donations. (Camera: ANTONIO LACERDA). SHOT LIST: RESIDENTS OF THE DONA MARTA FAVELA, THE LOCATION THAT SERVED AS THE SETTING FOR ONE OF THE VIDEOS MADE BY SINGER MICHAEL JACKSON, IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, WORK ON CLEANING UP THE COMMUNITY AREAS TO PREVENT THE LACK OF SANITARY CONDITIONS FACILITATE THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
Brasilia, Oct 15 (EFE) .- An association of victims Friday placed 600 white flags in front of the Brazilian Congress, in Brasilia, in memory of the more than 600,000 Covid-19 related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.The symbolic act was organized by the Association of Victims and Family Members of Covid Victims (Avico), created in April this year with the aim of putting pressure on the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently diminished the seriousness of the health crisis.(Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN)SHOT LIST: WHITE FLAGS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL. SOUND BITES:Antonieta Alves, volunteer:"This act represents a large part of the pain of each of these families and our outrage at the government's contempt for these victims, because today 600,000 have been trivialized. 600,000 no longer means anything, you know? It's as if we hadn't started to die. The government does not take things into consideration and the people trivialize these 600 thousand. The families that lost their relatives and friends felt it. We feel that each one of these exceeds 600 thousand. "Carla Marcia Davi, volunteer:"We could have a health (policy) that would reduce deaths in the country, but unfortunately our government is negligent, it does not contribute with vaccines, to our public health. We are in a very difficult moment in our country, of mourning, abandonment and total poverty. "
Brasilia, Sep 29 (EFE).- The Brazilian businessman Luciano Hang, an eager promoter of drugs without proven efficacy against Covid-19, made a fiery plea in favor of these treatments Wednesday during a controversial hearing with Brazil's Covid-19 Senate committee.Hang, who is related to the far-right movements that support the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, said that there is no crime in promoting the drugs and assured that he would prove it in court, which would conduct further investigation on this issue and others, including the massive dissemination of false information on social networks. (Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN). SHOT LIST: THE BRAZIL’S COVID-19 SENATE COMMITTEE MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN BUSINESSMAN LUCIANO HANG IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 22 (EFE) .- Brazil registered 318 deaths from Covid-19 Sunday and reached a total of 574,527 deaths, but this week has been the least lethal since the beginning of the year 2021, according to official sources.(Camera: JANAINA QUINET / ANTONIO LACERDA)SHOT LIST: PACKED BEACHES IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
Brazilians protest against President Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janiero over his management of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has left over half a million dead in the country. IMAGES
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