Brazil registered 233 deaths and 10,055 new infections by Covid-19, this Wednesday (8), according to data presented by the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass).
With the updated numbers, the country already has 616,251 deaths and 22,167,781 cases of the disease since the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020.
The moving average of cases over the past seven days was 8,844. The mobile average of deaths was 184 deaths.
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The three-dose Pfizer vaccine is able to neutralize the micron variant of the new coronavirus. Study shows that a third dose of the immunizer increases antibody titers by 25 times compared to just two doses.
Compared to the two-dose schedule, there is a reduction in antibody titers against the Ômicron variant – but the vaccine is still able to protect against the development of serious disease. Read more.
SP charges federal government for immediate adoption of vaccine passport
Governor João Doria announced that a letter was sent to the Ministry of Health asking for the immediate implementation of the need to prove vaccination against Covid-19 to travelers entering the country. Read more.
Coronavac: third dose increases the level of antibodies by 20 times, says researcher
The booster dose of the Coronavac vaccine against Covid-19 increases by about 20 times the level of neutralizing antibodies, which are those capable of fighting infection by all strains of the new coronavirus, including the Ômicron variant.
The information was given this Wednesday (8) by scientist Xiangxi Wang, a researcher at the Laboratory of Infection and Immunity at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, during a symposium promoted by the Butantan Institute in partnership with the pharmaceutical company Sinovac. Read more.
Reference: CNN Brasil
