(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 21.65 million, Rio relaxes epidemic prevention measures again
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, October 18 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health released data at 18:26 on October 18, local time, showing that there were 7,446 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 21,651,910 were newly confirmed; There were 183 deaths and a total of 603,465 deaths; a total of 20,813,408 cases were cured.
On October 8, local time, a civil organization in Rio, Brazil, to commemorate the 600,000 Brazilians who died of the new crown pneumonia, erected a mast in the Copacabana Sea and hung 600 white handkerchiefs on it. The organizer said this In addition to 600 white handkerchiefs to commemorate the 600,000 compatriots who died of illness.
The city of Rio de Janeiro has once again relaxed the epidemic prevention measures from October 18, and all restrictions on the number of people in shopping malls, restaurants, shopping malls, theaters and cinemas have been lifted, but people are still required to wear masks. At the same time, nightclubs, concerts and dance halls continue to be banned. Sports events may allow half of the audience to enter the stadium to watch. From October 26, the city will allow people not to wear masks in outdoor activities.
All schools in São Paulo state will fully resume face-to-face and offline teaching from October 18th, but it is required to maintain a social distance of one meter between teachers, students and employees in the school. However, this rule will be cancelled from November 3.
The Sao Paulo state government announced on the same day that from October 19, the interval between the second dose of Pfizer’s new crown vaccine will be reduced from the original 8 weeks to 21 days, which is applicable to people over 18 years of age who have received the first dose of the vaccine. In September of this year, the state has shortened the interval between the first and second dose of Pfizer’s vaccine from the initial 12 weeks to 8 weeks.
According to the statistics released by the Brazilian state health departments, in the past 7 days, Brazil has an average of 10050 new confirmed cases per day, a 40% decrease from the figure two weeks ago; the average daily number of new deaths is 322, which is a low value for 7 consecutive days There are 400 cases, which is 33% lower than the data two weeks ago.
According to Brazilian media statistics, as of 20 o’clock on the 18th, 151 million people across Brazil have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine, accounting for 71.13% of the total population; 105 million people have completed the two doses of the vaccine, or just vaccinated With a single dose of the new crown vaccine, these fully vaccinated people account for 49% of the total population. In addition, more than 4.55 million people in Brazil received the third booster shot, accounting for 2.15% of the total population. (over)
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