Coronavirus: Brazil registers 398 more deaths and reaches 156,926 deaths – 10/24/2020



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Brazil registered 398 new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 156,926, according to the consortium of press vehicles of which the Twitter It is part of.

The total number of cases now stands at 5,381,224, with 25,574 new cases in the last 24 hours.

The moving average of deaths in the last 7 days was 462 deaths.

Data from the Ministry of Health

According to data from the Ministry of Health, Brazil registered 432 confirmed deaths in the last 24 hours and now has a total of 156,903 deaths caused by the disease.

According to the federal government, the country added 26,979 more confirmed cases of covid-19, totaling 5,380,635 infected.

Also according to Health, 4,817,898 people recovered from the disease in Brazil, while 405,834 are under follow-up.

Coronavac: deadlines are shorter

The director of the Butantan Institute, Dimas Covas, said that “every day the deadlines are shortened” when talking about the inclusion of the Coronavac vaccine in the PNI (National Immunization Plan). The vaccine has yet to be included amid friction with the government of President Jair Bolsonaro (no party).

“Look, every day that passes, the deadlines are shortened. The availability of the vaccine arrives, the vaccine will be available and a national decision has to be made. I hope that these issues are resolved quickly. I am a little worried … I hope that the best solution for all happens quickly “, Twitter.

Vehicles gather for information

In response to the decision of the government of Jair Bolsonaro to restrict access to data on the covid-19 pandemic, media Twitter, El Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S.Paulo, O Globo, G1 and Extra formed a consortium to work collaboratively to seek the necessary information directly from the state health departments of the 27 units of the Federation.

The federal government, through the Ministry of Health, should be the natural source of these figures, but the attitudes of the authorities and the president himself during the pandemic cast doubt on the availability of the data and its veracity.

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