Shortages stymie Brazil vaccination drive
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Hard-hit Brazil's drive to vaccinate its population against Covid-19 has stumbled this week as…
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South America
Mexico approves Chinese Covid vaccines CanSino and CoronaVac
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP)-- Mexican regulators gave emergency approval Wednesday to the Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines CanSino Biologics and CoronaVac.…
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Covid patients asphyxiate as Latin America battles oxygen shortage
by Yemeli Ortega with Alina Dieste in Washington and Agence France Presse bureaus MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AFP) -- As a…
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Peru gives first Covid vaccines, Argentina approves Indian jab
LIMA Peru (AFP) -- Peru on Tuesday began its coronavirus immunization program just two days after receiving 300,000 vaccine doses…
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Brazil aims to buy 30 million Sputnik V, Covaxin shots
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- The Brazilian government announced Wednesday it was negotiating the purchase of 30 million coronavirus vaccine…
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Brazil Congress elects new leaders in test for Bolsonaro
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's Congress on Monday elected Rodrigo Pacheco as Senate speaker, an ally of far-right President Jair…
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New Brazil protests seek Bolsonaro’s removal over Covid response
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Hundreds of people took part Sunday in fresh protests across Brazil against President Jair Bolsonaro's handling…
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Wildfire ravages massive section of Argentine forest
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- A wildfire raging in the south of Argentina has consumed a vast swathe of forestland…
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Brazil Covid variant now dominant in Manaus: researcher
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- A coronavirus variant from Manaus in northern Brazil, first detected in Japan in January, is now…
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Wildfire ravages massive section of Argentine forest
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- A wildfire raging in the south of Argentina has consumed a huge patch of forestland…
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