The mapping of the 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil, which points out 33.1 million people without having to eat in the country, and the STJ’s understanding of mandatory coverage for health plans governed by the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS), are among the highlights of this Wednesday (8).
advance of hunger
The pandemic has worsened hunger in Brazil, which currently has 33.1 million people without food. There are 14 million more Brazilians in severe food insecurity in 2022, compared to 2020. Six out of ten households cannot maintain full access to food and have some concern about food shortages in the future, with the North and Northeast regions being the more impacted. This is what the 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil reveals, released this Wednesday (8) by the Brazilian Research Network on Food and Nutrition Sovereignty and Security.
Health insurance
By six votes to three, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) held this Wednesday (8) that the list of mandatory coverage procedures for health plans, governed by the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS), is “tax ”, that is, which requires coverage of only the items on the list. Although the court’s decision is not binding, it can consolidate new jurisprudence on the subject and serve for lower courts.
Quaest Search
Genial/Quaest poll for the 2022 presidential election, released firsthand by CNN This Wednesday (8), in the scenario with the largest number of candidates, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) is at the forefront, with 46% of voting intentions in the first round, followed by President Jair Bolsonaro. (PL), with 30%. Then appear Ciro Gomes (PDT), with 7%; André Janones (Avante) with 2%; and Simone Tebet (MDB) and Pablo Marçal (Pros), with 1% each.
Monkeypox in Brazil
The first case of monkeypox was confirmed in Brazil, this Wednesday (8), in the city of São Paulo. The information was confirmed to CNN by state government sources. The patient is a 41-year-old man, who was in Spain and Portugal and presented the first symptoms, such as fever and muscle pain, on May 28. The patient is in isolation at Hospital Emílio Ribas, in the West Zone of São Paulo.
Suspect arrested in Amazon
The Federal Police (PF) of Amazonas detailed the investigations into the disappearance of the indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira and the English journalist Dom Phillips, correspondent of the newspaper “The Guardian”, in a press conference this Wednesday afternoon (8). Search teams have arrested a first suspect.
“Since the first day, we have already made incursions with the vessels of the security agencies present here. On the second day, we already got aircraft support. So we have helicopters there, they are flying over the area”, said the regional superintendent of the Federal Police of Amazonas, Eduardo Alexandre Fontes.
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Source: CNN Brasil
