Brazil has now claimed the grim title of most Covid-19 cases globally after the US. More than 25,000 people in Brazil have died, and some experts say the death toll could quintuple by August. Hospitals and graveyards alike are being stretched to their limits.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Tuesday he uses hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug touted by US President Donald Trump as a potential coronavirus cure, even though international health experts have questioned its efficacy and have warned of harmful side-effects.
From quiet streets with families self-isolating, to frenetic hospitals and busy graveyards, CNN shares stories from Manaus, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.
The move to marriage equality follows an August 2018 ruling by the country's Constitutional Court, which ruled that laws preventing same-sex marriage were unconstitutional.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is 'deeply disturbed' by a Canadian military report, which documents allegations of abuse and gross neglect in at least five seniors' homes in the past few weeks.
Latin America has surpassed Europe and the United States in the daily number of reported Covid-19 infections, the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Tuesday, putting the region at the center of the global outbreak.
Speaking to CNN via webcam from his home outside São Paolo, Lula as he's known to all, said Bolsonaro deserves to be impeached for what he considers an "irresponsible" and "negligent" handling of not just the coronavirus crisis, but also the country's economic collapse.
Peru's President Martin Vizcarra declared on March 15 a nationwide state of emergency that included mandatory self-quarantine, and shuttered the country's borders. But the virus surged all the same.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is trying to give all workers a minimum of 10 days paid sick leave per year as Canada starts to prepare for a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A flight by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds over British Columbia -- part of a weekslong operation aimed at uplifting Canadians' spirits and honoring those affected by coronavirus -- ended in tragedy Sunday when at least one person was killed in a crash.
The health care system in Brazil's largest city is wavering on the brink of collapse and coronavirus deaths throughout the South American nation are soaring -- but President Jair Bolsonaro nonetheless reveled in crowds of supporters on Sunday, joining yet another anti-lockdown protest in Brasilia.
At least one person was killed and another seriously injured Sunday when a Canadian Forces Snowbirds aircraft crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia, according to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The mayor of a Brazilian city that has been badly hit by the coronavirus has rounded on Jair Bolsonaro, saying the President is "co-responsible" for the nation's vast death count.
In Brazil's largest and most badly infected city, coronavirus has yet to peak, yet already the healthcare system is crumbling visibly around us. As doctors struggle valiantly to save lives, the country's President, Jair Bolsonaro, seems more focused on another sick patient: his country's economy.
As the United States slowly re-opens its economy, the messaging from health experts has been largely consistent -- to do so safely over the long term, millions more tests are needed.
