Coronavirus: Brazil has already detected four suspected cases …

he government of São Paulo announced on Friday two possible new infections of new strain of coronavirus, initially detected in England, for a total of four suspected cases in this Brazilian state, one of the hardest hit by the pandemic and one of those who challenged President Jair Bolsonaro’s decision not to impose restrictions and preventive measures.

São Paulo’s Health Secretary Jean Gorynchtein announced that samples taken from the two new patients suspected of having been infected with the new strain will be analyzed by the Adolfo Lutz Institute, a state reference laboratory. . Gorynchtein noted that the state is on “alert” that the new strain exists in this Brazilian region and has even spread, the ANSA news agency reported.

The first two cases in São Paulo suspected of having been infected with the new strain were announced yesterday by the private laboratory DASA, which notified the Adolfo Lutz Institute and the National Health Surveillance Agency. One of them had recently returned from abroad.

The B.1.1.7 strain, detected in the middle of last month in the UK and later in other countries including Chile, is the result of the virus mutation and its contagion capacity is superior to the variant that affected the whole world. in 2020.

Brazil is the third country in the world in cases, with 7.6 million (behind the United States and India); and the second with the most deaths, with nearly 195,000, far from the 1.8 million in the United States. While Bolsonaro remains firm in his rejection of restrictions and concentrations of mobility, in the states and cities most affected, there is action in the opposite direction. For example, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the police stood at the entrance to the most popular beaches to prevent the entry of people and spontaneous parties.

The images showed almost deserted beaches and today the municipal sanitation service Comlurb announced that 87% less waste was collected on the famous Copacabana beach compared to previous years. “There weren’t a lot of big meetings. People kept the order to stay at home,” said Flavio Lopes, the boss of Comlurb.