Pelotas

[puh-loh-tuhs, pi-law-tahs]

noun

1. a city in S Brazil.

Pelotas

/ peˈlɔtas /

noun

1. a port in S Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul on the Canal de São Gonçalo. Pop: 323 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

One example came in February, when Brazil’s top anticorruption agency, the Office of the Comptroller General, informed epidemiologist Pedro Hallal, the former rector of the Federal University of Pelotas, that he could lose his job because of criticism he leveled at Bolsonaro in January during an online event.

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But his first match back on Dec. 13, a second-division game between Brasil de Pelotas and Guarani, was grueling.

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American midfielder Johnny Cardoso scored his first senior goal for Internacionale, tying the score in the 30th minute of a 2-2 draw at Pelotas on Thursday night in Brazil’s Campeonato Gaúcho, the first tier of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul.

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Pedro Hallal, a Harvard-trained epidemiologist who led a study on the evolution of the virus in Brazil at the Federal University of Pelotas, said the drastic surge of cases in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, suggests that the new strain there is likely more contagious.

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A positive COVID-19 test doesn’t reveal which variant of the virus the patient has, but it is likely that the new strain has been partially responsible for driving Manaus’ second wave, according to Pedro Hallal, an epidemiologist who coordinates the Federal University of Pelotas’ testing program, by far Brazil’s most comprehensive.

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