In Brazil, on Tuesday, for the first time, the limit of three thousand deaths due to COVID-19 within 24 hours was exceeded, according to the data published by the Ministry of Health.
The country of 212 million people recorded 3,251 deaths and 82,493 confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2, with the new coronavirus pandemic toll reaching 298,676 deaths out of a total of 12.1 million infections.
Brazil has the second highest pandemic death toll in the world in absolute numbers, behind only the United States.
Extreme right-wing President Zaich Bolsonaro, who opposes the imposition of restrictive measures by state governors calling them “tyrants” and generally downplaying the severity of the health crisis, swore in Margarito’s new health minister, Marcelo, earlier in the day. at a time when deaths are taking on avalanche proportions.
The situation seems out of control, at a time when the immunization campaign is moving slowly and the restrictive measures are very different from one state to another, at a time when hospitals are collapsing.
Only 2.6% of the population has received both doses of the vaccine while 7.6% of the population (12.1 million) have received the first, according to data from the Fiocruz Institute.
Dr. Keiroga, who was named next health minister on March 15, replaces General Eduardo Pazuelo, a serving military man with little to no connection to the medicine that still handled most of the pandemic.
Carisa Etienne, head of the World Health Organization, part of the World Health Organization, warned yesterday that the epidemiological situation is unfolding in an extremely “dangerous” way in Brazil and called on all Brazilians to take action.
As President Bolsonaro began to deliver a televised address in many Brazilian cities The sound of citizens beating kitchen utensils prevailed, a widespread form of anti-government protest in Latin American countries.
Chile: Nearly 5,000 cases and 25 deaths in 24 hours
The Chilean Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 4,948 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours, while another 25 patients with COVID-19 died during the same period, with the report of the new coronavirus pandemic reaching here. 22,384 dead out of a total of 942,958 infections.
Although the immunization campaign against the new coronavirus is going better than expected in Chile, where the vaccinated population is close to 6 million (over 5.7 million at the weekend) out of a total population of 19 million, with over 2 million have received both doses, the country is facing a second wave of pandemic.
Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris said yesterday that cases had risen by 15% in the last seven days and by 36% in the last 14, with only four regions recording a decline in infections during this period.
More than 13 million people will be quarantined due to the outbreak of the pandemic, as the health system is now under pressure, the government announced earlier this week.
President Sebastian Pinera, under pressure from the new wave, also announced this week that the family and small business support program would be extended until June, with the amount to be increased by 50%, from $ 12 billion to $ 18 billion. dollars, or 2% of GDP. Includes family benefits, low-interest loans, improved unemployment benefits and grants for small businesses and the self-employed.
Mr Piniera explained that the measures were aimed at maintaining jobs and facilitating the restart of the economy once the pandemic was over.
Cuba: 774 cases and 4 deaths in 24 hours
The Cuban Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 774 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, while another 4 patients with COVID-19 had succumbed.
The Caribbean island pandemic toll has so far reached 401 deaths out of a total of 68,250 infections since March 2020.
According to the ministry’s chief epidemiologist, Francisco Duran, the 776 cases were due to transmission to the community. The data, Mr. Duran stressed, are not good.
Most cases (404) were found in the crisis-stricken capital Havana, with an incidence rate of 292.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the highest in the country of 11.2 million.
Authorities continue to apply strict restrictive measures in the capital.
Since January, Cuba has been facing a new wave of the new coronavirus pandemic, which is difficult to control despite measures, although the situation is not comparable to other countries in the Latin American region.
Two domestically developed vaccines, Soberana 2 and Abdala, are in the third phase of clinical trials. Havana wants the entire population of the country to be immunized against the new coronavirus during the year.
Northern Macedonia: The cases exceeded 120,000, the deaths reached 3,528
The Ministry of Health of Northern Macedonia announced yesterday Tuesday that 1,056 cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been confirmed in the previous 24 hours, with all the citizens of the Balkan country infected with the new coronavirus exceeding the limit of one hundred and twenty thousand and to reach 120,882.
At the same time, another 25 patients with COVID-19 succumbed, with the pandemic toll reaching 3,528 deaths so far.
Health authorities are talking about a third wave of the pandemic. According to the Institute of Public Health of Northern Macedonia, from March 15th to March 21st, the number of cases and deaths increased by 26.4% and 22.5% respectively compared to the previous week.
So far, 6,704 members of the medical and nursing staff have received the first dose of the new coronavirus vaccine, while 2,572 have received the second, according to data from the Institute of Public Health.
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