Not the introduction of tougher isolation measures, calls for self-care and not a fourth Health Minister appointed by Jair Bolsonaro, the most reluctant president to take covid-19 risks in South America, they did not stop a new wave of infections in Brazil which hits cruelly and constantly hospitals, where they are already collapsing due to the daily entry of new cases of coronavirus.
Average ca. CNN I have already reported that by Sunday, in 21 states and the federal district, the occupancy rate in intensive care units (ICU) was over 80%, of the same number are 14 who are about to collapse when they already have an occupation exceeding 90% .
The situation of the hospital is not easy, especially when the supporters of the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, have organized a series of protests against the local authorities in recent days. These cases include Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Belo Horizonte, where restrictive measures imposed by regional governments to stop the covid-19 pandemic have been applied.
It was in Sao Paulo, where the rapid increase in hospitalizations for covid-19 forced the government of that state to move from the so-called “red phase” of your “emergency phase out” plan, and more rigid, although without reaching the quarantine extreme applied in some European countries.
In this new, more restrictive stage, Sao Paulo has suspended collective religious and sports activities, closed building supplies stores and banned access to beaches, which had seen a large influx of people in recent weeks.
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria also announced a new field hospital in the state capital on Monday. will have 180 new beds, of which 50 will be in intensive care.
Doria once again harshly accused far-right President Bolsonaro, whom he called a “denier” and a “death myth” for the questioned management of the pandemic.
“Brazil has become a global shame (…) The country it has become a threat to world health and the one who pays the bill is us, the Brazilians “, he reiterated.
In absolute numbers, Sao Paulo, the economic engine and the most populous region of Brazil, with 46 million inhabitants, is the state of the country most affected by covid-19, representing 2.2 million infections and 64,123 disease-related deaths.
Sao Paulo has recently exceeded its daily death toll and is almost in danger of collapsing from its public hospitals, which occupy almost 90% of intensive care beds.
This worsening of the pandemic coincides with the circulation of new, more transmissible variants, inclusive one first detected in Brazil, called P.1 by specialists.
Fourth Minister of Health in less than a year
Bolsonaro yesterday appointed cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as health minister, the fourth in less than a year, at a time when the health system is on the verge of collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic that has already left 11 , 5 million cases and almost 278 thousand deaths covid19.
“It was decided this afternoon to appoint doctor Marcelo Queiroga to the Ministry of Health,” Bolsonaro told his supporters in front of Alvorada Palace, his residence in Brasilia.
On the same day, the president criticized the policies that restrict the movement and suggested to his followers that he study measures to resolve the situation.
“You can be sure that whatever can be done legally, I will do it. We will have the consequences of what happens soon, rest assured,” Bolsonaro told the group, which attended a rally in favor of the president and against measures to close services. in Brasilia.
This speech by the Brazilian president was held while medical centers report to CNN an attention of “132 percent occupancy”, as is the case Hospital das Clinicas de Porto Alegre, in the south of the nation.
The situation in the north is not very different either, there are medical services that already reach 97% of their care capacity. In addition, there are reports of lack of oxygen for patients who require assisted breathing due to coronavirus.
In one of his last speeches as Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazuello, managed to report yesterday the purchase of 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, although these will be delivered by September, in addition to a slow inoculation plan against covid-19, the largest country in the population and territory in all of North America. South.
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