(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 11.43 million, former President Lula vaccinated against China
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, March 14 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health released data at 19:10 on the 13th, local time, showing that there were 76,178 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 11,439,558 confirmed cases; new deaths In 1997, there were a total of 277,102 deaths; a total of 10036,947 cases were cured.
The 75-year-old former Brazilian President Lula was vaccinated on the 13th in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo (Sao Bernardo do Campo) in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo.
In Brazil, people cannot choose their own vaccines. Everyone queues up for vaccinations according to their age groups.
Lula said on social media after the vaccination, “This is exactly the vaccine I want to get, and the second dose will be given in 14 or 28 days. I hope everyone can get the vaccine and people need to go out to work and not be trapped. at home."
São Paulo State is the most severely affected state in Brazil.
On the 13th, there were 15,344 newly confirmed cases in the state, and a total of 2,195,130 confirmed cases; 434 new deaths and a total of 63,965 deaths.
In the week ending on the 13th, a total of 2,548 people died of new coronary pneumonia in the state, which is the week with the largest number of deaths in a single week since the outbreak.
On that day, the number of hospitalized patients in the state was 23,025, a record high since the outbreak.
On the 13th, the two cities of Juquitiba and Sao Lourenco da Serra, located in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, adopted the most stringent anti-epidemic measures never seen before. They closed supermarkets and only allowed pharmacies, Clinics and gas stations continue to operate.
According to Brazilian media reports, due to the worsening of the Brazilian epidemic, Argentina suspended another route to Brazil on the 13th; while another neighboring country, Uruguay, required all citizens of the country's cities bordering Brazil to be vaccinated on the same day.
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