translated from Spanish: Brazil breaks new record with more than 3,600 last-day kills

Brazil has recorded a new record in the number of coronavirus deaths in one day, with 3,650 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country is immersed in a critical situation by the COVID-19 pandemic and in recent days has also broken its record of new daily cases with more than 100,000, although in the last day the new cases have been 84,245.So, there are 12,404,414 positives accumulated since the pandemic erupted, which has so far left a total of 307,112 fatalities in Brazilian territory , compared to 10,824,095 people who have recovered, according to the latest balance sheet of the Ministry of Salud.La Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) has warned on Friday that according to the latest data on the evolution of contagions, there is an increase in the disease among younger people.” The country is in a situation of collapse of the health system, at the same time that the pandemic has been gaining new contours affecting younger age groups: 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years and 50 to 59 years”, has warned the entity, reports the Brazilian medium G1. The researchers have thus pointed to a “rejuvenation of the pandemic”, although mortality remains concentrated in older groups. “This change contributes to the critical scenario of hospital bed occupancy,” added Fiocruz, who has specified that the average age of hospitalized patients “has been progressively declining.” Faced with the country’s serious situation, with the health system collapsing, high incidence and shortage of inputs, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga has called on Brazilians to unwrever a “maskland” to stop the spread of COVID-10.” It is a request that I make to each of the Brazilians: put on the mask. We, the government, are going to work to get enough vaccines to immunize our population,” he has continued. Queiroga has also called for the avoidance of agglomerations at Easter, when, in his words, “religious reflections” should be made avoiding crowds and masks. The minister has defended the management of the Government, indicating that he has assumed responsibilities normally attributed to states, such as the supply of oxygen or medicines from the so-called ‘intubation kit, as well as expanding ICU beds. DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR OWN VACUNASThe acceleration of vaccination is one of the most demanded measures by experts to help Brazil get out of the worst peak of the pandemic. In this regard, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations, Marcos Pontes, announced this Friday that the volunteer tests of a Government-funded Versamune vaccine candidate developed by pharmaceutical companies with the University of Sao Paulo.De previous way, the governor of Sao Paulo, Joao Doria, has confirmed the development of the Butanvac vaccine , together with the president of the Butatan Institute, Dimas Covas. In their intervention, they indicated that they would request this Friday the corresponding authorization from the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to start clinical trials as soon as possible. As you have explained, if these studies progress successfully, manufacturing could begin in May and before the end of the year you could count on about 40 million doses. Doria has explained that the technology would be similar to that used for the development of the flu vaccine and has nuanced that it will take into account the variant of the coronavirus registered in Brazil, which is theoretically more contagious. It also detailed that the vaccine “will be produced entirely in the country”. Brazil is working in this way on the development of two COVID-19 vaccines, while more than 19.5 million doses have already been implemented under its vaccination plan.

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