Recently, as some Latin American countries enter the fall and relax epidemic prevention restrictions, the number of new crown infections in many countries has increased, and experts have called for increased vaccination coverage.
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According to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, in the past week, Brazil has There were 166,777 new confirmed cases, the highest in nearly two months. As of the 29th, Brazil has reported more than 30.95 million confirmed cases and more than 660,000 deaths.
Brazilian infectious disease expert Emerson Luce said that as the weather turns cooler, there will be a certain increase in the number of new crown cases. The increase in the number of new crown cases is also related to the characteristics of the Omicron variant, which also includes the relaxation of epidemic prevention measures and the resumption of offline activities and parties. He said health authorities should analyze the increase in cases in certain areas and expand vaccine coverage.
Data updated on the website of the Argentine Ministry of Health on the 29th showed that there were 51,778 new confirmed cases in the country in the past week, an increase of 8,301 cases in a single week compared with the previous week. The country has a total of about 9.18 million confirmed cases and about 129,000 deaths. As of the 29th, more than 37.46 million residents of Argentina have completed the vaccination, more than 21.25 million people have completed the booster vaccination, and more than 3.03 million people have completed the second booster vaccination.
According to the data provided by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health, the number of infections in Ecuador has risen recently, with 1,661 confirmed cases reported nationwide in the past week, an increase of 560 or 51% over the previous week.
Panama has 19,255 new confirmed cases in the past week, and the positive rate of nucleic acid tests conducted in one week reached 23.13%. As of the 28th, the country has accumulated more than 840,000 confirmed cases and 8,244 deaths. The data show that Panama is still at the peak of its fifth wave of infections, with new infections and deaths in a single week rising from previous weeks. Panama’s Covid-19 vaccination program is still underway. The total number of vaccinations has exceeded 8.22 million doses. More than 3.1 million people received two doses of the vaccine, and more than 1.57 million received booster shots.
According to the data provided by the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, as of the 29th, there were no new deaths in Cuba, this is the second week in a row that Cuba has no new deaths. In the past week, the number of new confirmed cases in Cuba has decreased for the eighth consecutive week. The majority of the Cuban population has been vaccinated with booster shots. Cuba uses the three vaccines “Avdala”, “Sovereign 02” and “Sovereign Plus” independently developed by Cuba.