Coronavirus: Breaks the barrier of 100 million cases on the American continent

The dam of 100 million. cases broke on the American continent announced yesterday, Wednesday, December 22, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAO).

More than half of these infections (51 million) have been confirmed on USA, while 22 million have been recorded in Brazil, according to the Agency, the branch of the World Health Organization in the region, which also pointed out that the Omicron mutation has now spread to 19 countries and regions on the continent.

“Countries must continue to implement public health protections to curb the spread of the virus and adapt to local transmission risks,” said Carisa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization (WHO). – EIA, citing AFP.

According to the PAOU, most of the countries on the continent will have reached or exceeded in 2021 the target set by the WHO, ie to have been immunized for COVID-19 40% of their population that has the potential. But in some countries, such as Haiti, Guatemala or Jamaica, there is still a long way to go.

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