The Director-General of the World Health Organization stated: “very anxious “from the epidemiological situation linked to Covid-19 in Brazil, calling on the government to take “serious action”.
This is not the first time that the Center of Antananarivo has warned of the situation in the country.
“We are very worried, because not only the number of cases but the number of dead is increasing,” he said at a news conference.
“If no serious action is taken, the current trend will lead to more deaths,” he warned, calling on the government to “take the situation seriously”.
Nearly 273,000 people died from Covid-19 in Brazil, where far-right President Bolsonaro continues to downgrade pandemic and where vaccination started late and slowly, due to the lack of available doses.
The Brazilian president has been widely criticized by public health experts for praising the value of drugs that have not been shown to be effective against the virus, such as hydroxychloroquine.
Brazil broke a new record this week with 2,286 deaths in 24 hours.
“The authorities should send clear messages about the situation and take action,” Tentros said.
The situation, if it continues, threatens to spread to neighboring countries, which as a whole are doing better than Brazil, he warned.
The WHO is very worried, mainly due to the release in Brazil of one of the most contagious strains of the coronavirus, P.1, which appeared in Manaus, in the north.
Several studies are ongoing in relation to this variant strain P.1, in order to quantify its transmissibility and severity. There is evidence that its severity is also increasing, said Maria Van Kerkov, the technical officer at the WHO for the fight against Covid-19.
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