Brazil decrees end of COVID-19 health emergency
Date
4/22/2022 9:11:24 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Brazilian health Minister Marcelo Queiroga signed a decree on
Friday ending the COVID-19 public health emergency, effective 30
days after its publication in the Official Gazette, Trend reports citing
Xinhua .
In its decision to lift the emergency, which has been in force
since February 2020, the Health Ministry took into account the
national public health system's response capacity, the improved
epidemiological situation and the wide vaccination coverage against
the virus, the ministry said in a statement.
'Brazil has registered an 80 percent decrease in the moving
average of COVID-19 cases and deaths compared to the peak from the
Omicron variant earlier this year,' the statement said.
In addition, almost 74 percent of the Brazilian population are
fully immunized, while 81 percent have receive a first vaccine dose
and over 74 million people have been given a booster dose, the
ministry said.
However, the Health Ministry emphasized the importance of the
vaccination campaign, even after the end of the COVID-19 public
health emergency. It added that immunization against COVID-19 is
essential to maintain transmission control and that Brazilians must
complete the vaccination schedule with both doses and a booster
dose.
The South American country has registered more than 30.3 million
COVID-19 cases and 662,500 deaths since the beginning of the
pandemic.
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