China News Agency, Sao Paulo, April 4 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on the 4th local time that Brazil had 1,222 new cases of new pneumonia diagnosed on that day, with a total of 10278 confirmed cases; 73 new deaths and a total of 432 deaths . The Brazilian Ministry of Health requires people to stay at home as much as possible and wear masks when going out.
On March 23, local time, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, workers built a temporary field hospital at Pacaembu Stadium.
According to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are the most severely affected areas in Brazil. On the same day, the State of São Paulo added 418 newly diagnosed cases, with a cumulative total of 4,466 confirmed cases; 41 new death cases, with a total of 260 deaths. Rio de Janeiro State has 172 newly diagnosed cases, with a total of 1246 confirmed diagnoses; 11 new deaths, with a total of 58 deaths. The confirmed and death cases in these two states accounted for 55.57% and 73.61% of the whole country, respectively.
At present, there are no deaths in the two states of Acre and Tocantins in Brazil. The other 24 states and the Brasilia Federal District have all died. Moreover, the outbreaks in the states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Ceara, Amazonas and Brasilia Federal District are in the "uncontrolled and accelerated development" stage. At present, the incidence of new coronary pneumonia in these five areas is much higher than the national average (4.3 people per 100,000 inhabitants). Prior to this, Brazil divided the development of the epidemic into four stages: local spread, uncontrolled rapid development, slowdown in growth and control.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health said that the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil will rise rapidly in the coming weeks, and the epidemic situation will become increasingly severe. To this end, the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to require the public to stay at home as much as possible, wear masks when going out, and people who cannot buy masks must also find ways to make their own masks to use and protect themselves.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health also requires that all parts of Brazil strengthen isolation and quarantine measures, increase prevention and control efforts, and do their utmost to reduce the speed of virus transmission and reduce pressure on hospitals. (Finish)