(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Brazil will adjust the epidemic prevention policy after lifting the new crown public health emergency
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, April 22 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga signed a decree on the 22nd local time to lift the country's more than two years of implementation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic public health emergency (ESPIN), the decree will come into force 30 days after its publication in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU).
Kairoga said that with the end of the public health emergency, the Brazilian Ministry of Health is expected to cancel more than 2,000 regulations related to epidemic prevention and control nationwide, such as the need to purchase related medicines and medical supplies through bidding, and wearing masks. Relevant epidemic prevention policies such as telecommuting and medical supervision will also be adjusted accordingly.
According to Brazilian media reports, after the lifting of the public health emergency, Brazil will allow the emergency use authorization of certain vaccines and medicines to fight the new crown to be extended for another year, such as the Instituto Butantan in the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil and Sino-Vietnam in Beijing, China. CoronaVac's new crown vaccine jointly developed by Sinovac.
On April 17, Cairroga announced the end of the public health emergency for the new crown epidemic in a televised speech.
At that time, Ciroga said that the new measures do not mean the end of the new crown epidemic, and the Brazilian Ministry of Health will take all necessary measures to protect the health of the people.
In this regard, Brazilian public health experts said that despite the recent improvement in the new crown epidemic, it is still not the best time to lift the public health emergency.
Margareth Dalcolmo, a pulmonologist at the Fiocruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the leading medical research agency in Brazil, believes that the practice of lifting the public health emergency by decree is for Brazil. Inappropriate.
Some experts worry that once the state of emergency ends, the requirement to show proof of Covid-19 vaccinations to enter certain venues could be lifted.
To this end, they advised Brazilians to adhere to prevention and control measures, such as washing hands frequently and wearing masks in crowded places.
On February 3, 2020, the Brazilian government declared a national public health emergency due to the new crown epidemic, allowing the federal, state and municipal governments to take measures including mandatory mask wearing and emergency authorization of vaccine use.
According to the data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 22nd, there were 8,068 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, with a total of 30,338,697 confirmed cases; 51 new deaths and a total of 662,557 deaths; a total of 29,352,832 cases were cured.
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