1 day after the daily registration of deaths from Covid-19, Bolsonaro says it ‘created panic’ | Coronavirus

Bolsonaro made the comment in a conversation with supporters outside the Palácio da Alvorada in Brasilia. The video with the dialogue was broadcast on social networks.

The president again criticized the press. According to him, “for the media the virus is me.”

According to a survey by the media consortium, Brazil recorded 1,726 deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday, a record since the start of the pandemic. With that, the country reached a total of 257,562 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

The moving average of deaths in Brazil in the last 7 days until Tuesday reached 1,274, 23% increase compared to the average of 14 days ago, indicating an upward trend in deaths from the disease.

In recent days, states have announced new restrictive measures to try to contain the spread of the disease and the risk of collapse of the health system. In most of them, the occupation of ICU beds by critically ill patients in Covid-19 is close to 100%.

Also on Wednesday, the São Paulo government announced that it will roll back the entire state to the red phase, the most restrictive of the quarantine.

The measure takes effect in the first hour of next Saturday (6) and must remain until March 19. The announcement was made by Governor João Doria (PSDB).

“We are in São Paulo and Brazil on the brink of collapse. It requires collective and urgent measures (…) Therefore, we are following the recommendation of the contingency center and reclassifying the entire state of SP to the red phase.” from 0:00 on Saturday, ”said Doria.

On Tuesday, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), linked to the Ministry of Health, published a technical note in which it points to the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. According to Fiocruz, 19 federation units have ICU bed occupancy rates above 80%. In the previous newsletter, there were 12.

Given the situation, the Ministry of Health published on Tuesday a decree that frees a total of R $ 153.6 million to finance 3,201 new beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in more than 150 cities in 22 states – temporary beds They will be paid for 90 days, with the possibility of subsequent renewal.

The states and municipalities had complained about the suspension of the transfer of funds from the federal government to finance ICU beds.

Occupancy rates in capitals, according to Fiocruz:

• Porto Velho (100%)
• Rio Branco (93%)
• Manaus (92%)
• Boa Vista (82%)
• Bethlehem (84%)
• Palms (85%)
• São Luís (91%)
• Teresina (94%)
• Fortress (92%)
• Natal (94%)
• João Pessoa (87%)
• Salvador (83%)
• Rio de Janeiro (88%)
• Curitiba (95%)
• Florianopolis (98%)
• Porto Alegre (80%)
• Campo Grande (93%)
• Cuiabá (85%)
• Goiania (95%)
• Brasilia (91%)

In addition, five capitals have rates above 70%:

• Macapa (72%)
• Recife (73%)
• Belo Horizonte (75%)
• Win (75%)
• São Paulo (76%)

Fiocruz suggested a list of measures, see the summary below:

• Maintenance of all preventive measures (physical distance, use of masks and hand hygiene)
• Adoption of stricter measures to restrict movement and non-essential activities
• Immediate implementation of communication plans and campaigns
• Legal recognition of the state of sanitary emergency and
• Viability of extraordinary resources for the SUS, with immediate contribution to State and Municipal Health Funds
• Strengthening of health surveillance: early detection, laboratory investigation, isolation, quarantine and active search for suspected and confirmed cases, as well as teleconsultation strategies.
• Expansion of care capacity at all levels, including clinical and ICU beds for Covid-19
• Acceleration of vaccination for the entire population coordinated by the National Immunization Program (PNI) of the SUS

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