Tag: Brazil

COVID-19: More than 97,000 Children Tested Positive With More Than 5m Cases In The United States

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The United States has now reported more than 5 million cases of Covid-19. To put that in perspective, it took the United States 99 days to reach 1 million cases, but it only 17 days for cases to rise from 4 million to 5 million. While that is not the only dire statistic; more than 97,000 children tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, according to a new medical report. That amounts to a 40% increase in child cases across the states and cities that were…

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Coronavirus: Mexico’s Death Toll Becomes The World’s Third Highest

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-Doyinsola Johnson Mexico now has the worlds third highest coronavirus death toll just behind the US and Brazil. It has now suffered at least 46,688 deaths during the pandemic, with a total of 424,637 infections. Mexico reported 688 fatalities on Friday. Previously the United Kingdom had the third highest toll, and registered 46,204 deaths as of Friday. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the effects of the pandemic will be felt “for decades to come.” In Mexico, local authorities have previously said they believe the real number of infections…

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99 Year Old War Veteran Conquered COVID-19 In Brazil

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-YOMMY AYILARA. 99-Year-Old World War II Veteran Beats COVID-19 In Brazil. A 99-year-old World War II veteran in Brazil was released from hospital with military honors on Tuesday, the 15th of April, 2020 after recovering from coronavirus. Second Lieutenant Ermando Piveta, who served in the Brazilian artillery in Africa during the Second World War, was brought out of Brasilia’s Armed Forces Hospital to trumpet music and applause. In his words; “It was a tremendous fight for me, greater than in the war. In war, you kill or live. Here, you…

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Brand BREKIT: The New Bi-cultural agreement between Ekiti State and Brazil – Wale Ojo Lanre

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Ekiti State inaugurates Project BREKIT in Rio de Janerio …….Team takes campaign to Sa Paulo In order to ensure a seamless sustainable socio – cultural and economic relationship between Ekiti State , Nigeria and Brazil , the Ekiti State Government yesterday in the city of Rio De Janeiro launched Project BREKIT, a bi-lateral platform to lubricate and oil developmental relationships between Ekiti State Nigeria and Brazil. According to the Ekiti State Commissioner for Arts , Culture and Tourism , Professor Rasaki Ojo Bakare who is in Brazil with the Director…

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