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For the second week in a row, COVID sewer monitoring indicated that more than 1 million people in Belo Horizonte are infected with coronavrus. The study noted that a significant increase was observed in several sub-basins of Ribeiro Arrudas and Ona.
Before the last two weeks, the study had indicated the level of about 500,000 infected people. The expressive increase, identified until the last day 4, worries analysts.
“This scenario reflects the expressive increase in the circulation of the virus in Belo Horizonte and indicates the worsening trend of the pandemic in the capital. Once again, the importance of strengthening prevention and control measures to reduce the spread of the virus in the capital is emphasized. municipality ”, says the bulletin.
In Punctuation, in turn, there was a decrease in the estimate of infected people. In the previous bulletin, about 200 thousand people would be with COVID-19, a figure that dropped to 170 thousand in the last report.
Or what or coronavrus
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections. The new coronavirus agent (COVID-19) was discovered in December 2019 in China. The disease can cause infections with symptoms initially similar to colds or flu, but with the risk of worsening, leading to death.
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How to COVID-19 transmitted?
Coronavirus transmission generally occurs through the air or through personal contact with contaminated secretions, such as saliva droplets, sneezing, coughing, phlegm, close personal contact, such as touching or shaking hands, contact with contaminated objects or surfaces, followed by contact with mouth, nose or eyes.
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How to prevent?
The recommendation is to avoid overcrowding, stay away from those with respiratory infection symptoms, wash your hands frequently, cough with your forearm in front of your mouth, and often use soap and water to wash your hands or alcohol gel after the contact with surfaces. and people. At home, take extra precautions against COVID-19.
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What are the symptoms of the coronavirus?
See the main symptoms of people infected with COVID-19:
- Fever
- Cough
- Shortness of breath and shortness of breath
- Gastric problems
- Diarrhea
In severe cases, victims have
- Pneumonia
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- Kidney failure
The types of COVID-19 symptoms are increasing each week as researchers advance in identifying the behavior of the virus.
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Myths and truths about the virus
On social media, the spread of COVID-19 also spread rumors about how vrus Sars-CoV-2 transmitted. And other questions arose: Is the alcohol gel capable of killing the virus? Is the coronavirus lethal at a worrying level? Can one infected person infect several others? Will the epidemic kill thousands of Brazilians, since the SUS could not serve everyone? We did a report with a doctor who specializes in infectology and he explains all the myths and truths about the coronavirus.
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