Over 62mn Covid cases reported in Americas in last 15 months: WHO
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Another Jaipur resident tests positive for COVID-19. Image Source: IANS News
Geneva, May 1 : More than 62 million Covid-19 cases and over 1.5 million deaths have been reported in the region of the Americas, combining North, South and Central America, in the last 15 months, a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. At this moment, most of the countries in South America . are reporting increasing trends . And in many of these countries, ICUs (intensive care units) are overwhelmed with severe patients, Sylvain Aldighieri, Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization, WHO s Regional Office for the Americas, told a virtual press conference on Friday.
All Brazilians to be vaccinated against Covid by end of 2021: Official
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Cuba to vaccinate over half population against Covid by Aug. (Photo by Luciana Whitaker/Xinhua/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Brasilia, May 1 : All Brazilians can be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of the year, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said. We have enough doses for the second half (of the year) and it is possible to guarantee that by the end of 2021 our entire population will be vaccinated, Queiroga said on Friday during a press conference held jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Brazil expects to have 500 million vaccine doses available by the year end, said Queiroga. Nevertheless, he again called on countries with surplus doses to donate them to Brazil, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The impact of the Workers Party’s herd immunity policy was starkly exposed by an explosion at an oxygen cylinder fulfillment plant in Ceará last Saturday.