(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 2.66 million and another cabinet minister is infected with new coronary pneumonia

  China News Agency, Sao Paulo, July 31 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 18:30 on July 31, local time, there were 52,383 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil in the past 24 hours, and a total of 2,662,485 confirmed cases; There were 1212 new deaths and a total of 92,475 deaths; a total of 18,44051 cases were cured.

On July 13, local time, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, people took a stroll in the city’s largest Ibirapuera Park. On the same day, the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, allowed parks meeting sanitary and epidemic prevention conditions to resume opening on working days. Photo by China News Agency reporter Mo Chengxiong

  As of now, the cumulative number of confirmed cases and deaths in Brazil ranks second in the world, second only to the United States. São Paulo State, the most severely affected state, has accumulated more than 542,000 confirmed cases and more than 22,000 deaths. More than 173,000 cases were confirmed in Ceara State, more than 160,000 cases were confirmed in Rio de Janeiro State and Bahia State, and more than 150,000 cases were confirmed in Para State. The Minas Gerais and Maranhão states have each confirmed more than 120,000 cases.

  On the 31st, Brazil’s Minister of Transparency, Supervision and Audit, Wagner Rosario, announced that he himself tested positive for the new crown virus on the 30th and is currently working in isolation at home. So far, Brazil has seven cabinet ministerial officials infected with the new crown pneumonia.

  According to Brazilian media reports, the candidate new crown vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group will soon be tested in humans in Paraná, Brazil. The Paraná state government has reached an agreement with Sinopharm Group that if the vaccine test results are good, the Paraná state government will obtain technology transfer and produce the vaccine on its own. (Finish)