Covid-19 deaths hit new highs in Brazil as president tells people enough whining
Brazil is in the grip of a second wave driven by a highly infectious variant and a disjointed approach to restrictions
5 March 2021 • 1:56pm
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has told his countrymen and women to stop “fussing and whining” about the pandemic, following two consecutive days of record numbers of Covid-19 deaths.
The country, which already has the world’s second highest number of fatalities from the virus, is in the grip of a devastating second wave driven by a lethal pairing: the arrival of a highly infectious new variant and a disjointed approach to public health restrictions.
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Vaccines against 10 diseases prevented 37 million deaths in last 20 years
Researchers found that vaccine programs in low- and middle-income countries have prevented 37 million deaths in the last 20 years – 36 million of which have been in children under age five.
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Vaccines against 10 diseases prevented 37 million deaths in last 20 years
February 02, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Vaccine programs in low- and middle-income countries have prevented 37 million deaths in the last 20 years – 36 million of which have been in children under age five.
These are the findings, published Jan. 28 in The Lancet
, of the most comprehensive study of the impact of vaccination programs ever undertaken
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Resurgent COVID-19 epidemics in the US in 2020 have been driven by adults aged 20-49, and in particular adults aged 35-49, before and after school reopening
Reproduction numbers for all age groups were controlled to well below one except for individuals aged 20-49
Across the US as a whole, the mobility trends indicate substantial initial declines in venue visits followed by a subsequent rebound for all age groups
Share of age groups among the observed COVID-19 deaths was remarkably constant
School reopening has not resulted in substantial increases in COVID-19 attributable deaths
As of October 2020, individuals aged 20-49 were the only groups sustaining COVID-19 transmission with reproduction numbers well above 1 in the US, according to the latest publication in