Brazil Covid Variant

• Brazil hits record 100,000 COVID-19 cases in a day

  Brazil's outbreak has set weekly records due to a patchy vaccine rollout, a lack of national coordination and an infectious new variant.

  Health

  Mar 25, 2021
  
• Pfizer vaccine shows promise against Brazil variant in lab study

  In previously published studies, Pfizer had found that its vaccine neutralized other more contagious variants first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa.

  Science

  Mar 9, 2021
  
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• Past COVID-19 infection not a ‘free pass’ from new variants, experts say

  Scientists still think reinfections are fairly rare and usually less serious than initial ones, but recent developments around the world have raised concerns.

  World

  Feb 8, 2021
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• COVID-19 variant found in Brazil prompts U.K. to impose more travel restrictions

  The ban, which took effect Friday morning, was extended to Portugal because many people who come to Europe from South America travel through Portugal.

  World

  Jan 15, 2021