The total number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 7.87 million. Sao Paulo state government announces vaccination plan
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, January 6 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health released data at 19:30 on the 6th local time showing that there were 63,430 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 7,873,830 confirmed cases; new deaths 1242 cases, a total of 19,974 deaths; a total of 7036530 cases were cured.
The Sao Paulo state government officially announced the state’s new crown vaccination plan on the 6th. The public will be vaccinated for the new crown on January 25. The first group of vaccinations will be medical workers and elderly people over 60 years old, the number is 9 million.
The vaccine needs to be vaccinated twice, and 18 million doses are required for the first phase.
At present, the Sao Paulo state government has reserved 10.8 million doses of the new crown vaccine.
On December 21, local time, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, people wearing masks were shopping in a local supermarket.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mo Chengxiong
Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on the 6th that Brazil will begin to provide people with new crown vaccination in January this year and will export the new crown vaccine to Latin American countries.
He also said that all cities in Brazil will vaccinate at the same time, equally and proportionally. The vaccine will be free and not mandatory.
The Brazilian Ministry of Economy announced on the same day that in order to meet the needs of the next stage of universal vaccinations against the new crown, it will implement zero tariffs on imported medical syringes and needles from now on.
The deadline for this tax exemption policy is the end of June this year.
Previously, the Brazilian government imposed a 16% import tariff on medical syringes and needles.
At present, Sao Paulo State, the most severely affected state in Brazil, has a total of 1,501,085 confirmed cases and 47,511 deaths.
In addition, the states of Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul, and Rio de Janeiro have accumulated more than 565,000, 506,000, 502,000, 465,000 and 465,000 cases, respectively. 448,000 cases.
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