High alert in the Southern Cone due to the uncontrolled growth of cases in Brazil – telam

Brazil has reached 300,000 deaths from the pandemic.

With Brazil exceeding 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus and the United States representing more than 30 million cases, the pandemic continued this Thursday marking the agenda of countries from different continents which, despite the efforts made in vaccinations of suspected mass, must use containment to stop the increase in infections.

Uncontrolled growth in coronavirus infections in Brazil puts region in check

In the Southern cone All the countries bordering Argentina – with the exception of Bolivia – experience situations ranging from the concern of their authorities at the escalating increase in the number of cases in the event of loss of control caused by the health collapse, particularly in Brazil and with a pessimistic prognosis in Paraguay.

The Bolsonaro government is facing a health collapse.

“Unfortunately, the terrible situation in Brazil is also affecting neighboring countries.”“

CARISSA ETIENNE, OPS

The maximum alert for all of South America due to its status as a neighbor of almost all the countries of the subcontinent is given by Brazil, which after surpassing the 300,000 deaths documented yesterday could reach 400,000 in two months or even earlier if President Jair Bolsonaro’s government continues to refuse to adopt a national quarantine, according to the warning issued today by health officials.

They estimate that deaths in Brazil could reach 400,000 people.

The worsening of the pandemic in Brazil this year, with a death toll and the health system on the limit, spread to the rest of South America, put even Uruguay in check, considered so far as an example of virus containment.

“Unfortunately, the terrible situation in Brazil is also affecting neighboring countries,” Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), said last Tuesday, adding that it was “crucial” to refine the measures.

The agency highlighted a rebound in cases in the Venezuelan states of Bolvar and Amazonas, as well as in the department of Pando, Bolivia, and Loreto, Peru, all adjacent to the South American giant..

Chile

In Chile, 14 million people are returning to detention due to the increase in cases and deaths.

In Chile, meanwhile, nearly 14 million people, about 70% of the population, entered this Thursday in a new quarantine due to a sharp increase in cases that once again put the health system under control, despite an impressive vaccination campaign, with which it leads all statistics in Latin America.

After a 36% increase in infections in the past two weeks, health officials have decided to tighten restrictions in the South American country from today, which, since March 2020, had the longest periods of quarantine in the world, in addition to touches of nocturnal rest.

Authorities made the decision at a time when an average of around 6,000 cases have been recorded daily since the start of March.

Paraguay

The government of Paraguay informed in turn that a strict quarantine will be in effect in the country from next Saturday and until Sunday April 4, when people will only be able to leave their homes to buy food, medicine and cleaning supplies.

It was announced last night by Chief of Staff Hernn Huttemann in a message to the country in which he stressed that the variant of the coronavirus originating in Manaus, Brazil, of which at least two cases have been detected, is already circulating in the the country.

By

Also in the region, By register a record number of 11,260 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in one day, her highest level since the outbreak of the pandemic and when she faces a second wave that does not abandon the overwhelmed health system.

The 11,260 infections reported last night by the health ministry in the past 24 hours have surpassed 10,143 on August 16, which was the highest figure so far since the start of the pandemic.

United States

In turn, in the United States, the figure of cases exceed 30 million, Johns Hopkins University reported today.

Infections reached 30,001,245 last night, nearly three months after the country worst hit by the pandemic surpassed 20 million, the US university said.

Deaths from the virus in the North American nation, most affected by the pandemic, are already more than 545,000, the university added.

Health officials have expressed cautious optimism in recent days, three months after the start of the vaccination campaign.

It is estimated that 75% of Americans 65 and over have already received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Average daily deaths from the virus are below 1,000 for the first time since last November, and some states have already announced the start of vaccination for people 16 years and older.

Europe

In Europe, meanwhile, the situation is no better.

Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain have admitted growing cases in recent days Along with a frustrated search for more vaccines, which are not arriving due to production delays, and, with nuance, they have started ordering containment measures or movement restrictions to stop the spread of the virus, by especially new strains.

The Polish government today announced new restrictions, including the closure of kindergartens and day nurseries, as it goes through “the worst time of the pandemic” and after reporting a new record of coronavirus cases.

Also today, Hungary reported its highest death toll from the virus since the start of the pandemic and Ukraine a record number of infections, while Iceland ordered schools closed and banned gatherings of more than ten people after detecting cases of the British variant.

In Ukraine, the health ministry today reported 16,669 cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest since the start of the pandemic, and 362 more people have died from the virus during the same period.