China News Agency, Sao Paulo, June 14 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 18:50 on the 14th, local time, 39,846 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly diagnosed in Brazil that day, and a total of 17,452,612 cases were confirmed; new deaths There were 827 cases, and a total of 488,228 deaths; a total of 15,854,264 cases were cured.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health said on the 14th that as of the evening of the 13th, 41 people who had confirmed that they had participated in the 2021 America’s Cup in Brazil had tested positive for the new crown virus, including 31 players and coaching staff and 10 event staff. These staff are all working in the capital Brasilia.
In terms of delegations, 13 people from the Venezuelan delegation tested positive and the number of infected persons was the highest.
In addition, the delegations of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru also tested positive.
According to the 2021 America’s Cup health and safety regulations, all participating delegation members are required to undergo a new crown virus test every 48 hours during the competition.
In May 2021, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, people commemorate the 400,000 lives that died in the country due to the new crown pneumonia at Copacabana Beach.
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The Brazilian National Health Supervision Agency (Anvisa) approved the extension of the shelf life of the new crown vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, from the original three and a half months to four and a half months.
It is reported that the first batch of 3 million doses of Janssen's new crown vaccine will arrive in Brazil on June 16, but the shelf life of this batch of vaccine is June 27 this year and will soon expire.
In order to be able to complete the vaccination in Brazil, the Brazilian National Health Inspection Agency decided to extend the shelf life of the vaccine.
The Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga, who was a doctor, personally conducted a visit to the 57-year-old Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Franca and the 51-year-old Central Bank of Brazil in the capital Brasilia on the 14th. Campos Neto received the first dose of the new crown vaccine.
On the same day, the Federal District of Brasilia began to vaccinate people aged 50 and over with the new crown vaccine.
According to Brazilian media statistics, as of 20 o'clock on the 14th, more than 55.74 million people in Brazil have been vaccinated against the new crown, accounting for 26.32% of the country's total population.
Among them, 23.74 million people have completed the second dose of vaccination, accounting for 11.21% of the country's total population.
As of now, Brazil ranks third in the world in the number of cumulative confirmed cases, second only to the United States and India; while the cumulative number of deaths is second in the world, behind the United States. (Finish)