November 18, Wednesday | Agenda of the day

Amapá registered a new blackout on Tuesday (17), around 9:05 p.m. In the capital Macapá, only hospitals, public agencies and commercial establishments with generators had no interruption. The National System Operator confirmed what it called “an event in Amapá.”

Residents of 13 of the state’s 16 municipalities have had power supply problems since Nov. 3. On Monday, the 37 thermoelectric plants began to be discharged, which should provisionally guarantee a 100% return to energy distribution.

• TSE tells TRE do Amapá that it is possible to hold elections in Macapá on December 6 and 20

The scientific journal “The Lancet” published Positive results in the first two phases of CoronaVac testing – Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac and which is in the 3rd stage of clinical trials in Brazil. The study, conducted with 743 volunteers, showed safety and a satisfactory immune response during phases 1 and 2. See details about the study.

It is worth remembering that phase 2 of testing a vaccine verifies the safety and ability to elicit a response from the defense system. It is usually done with hundreds of volunteers. Phase 1, on the other hand, is carried out by dozens of people and phase 3 by thousands. It is in phase 3 where the efficacy of the vaccine will be measured.

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The moving average of deaths from Covid-19 in Brazil in the last 7 days was 557, the highest since October 12. The registered country 676 deaths due to illness in the last 24 hours, reaching a total of 166,743 deaths. In confirmed cases, since the start of the pandemic 5,909,002 Brazilians have had or have the new coronavirus. Fourteen states plus the Federal District showed an increase in the moving average of deaths; see the status of your state.

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If it weren’t for the almost uninterrupted sound of horns and speeding motorcycles, maybe the couple Gabriela and Luiz even forgot that they live one block from Avenida Paulista. In November, more than seven months after the quarantine began due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the two, who are in their early 30s, remain in strict confinement.

Like them, the book editor José Xavier Cortez, 83, and the housewife Rita Peçanha, 74, who are also residents of São Paulo, did not relax the measures of social isolation.

The documents show that an action by the federal government facilitated the export of illegally logged timber. Previously, during a meeting of the BRICS (a group of countries that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), President Jair Bolsonaro said that he will publish a list of countries that buy wood illegally extracted from Brazilian forests, but criticize the country. due to deforestation.

Greenpeace Brazil, the Socio-Environmental Institute and the Brazilian Association of Members of the Public Ministry of the Environment filed a lawsuit in June against a decision taken by Ibama president Eduardo Bim, which relaxed the rules for the export of Brazilian wood. The decision was made after a request from the loggers.

📌Election in numbers

Although the 2020 elections saw a record number of military candidates, the survey results show that they were not as successful as in 2016. Data compiled by G1 at the base of the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) show that the number of elected representatives fell from 693 to 623 in the country.

The president of the TSE, Luís Roberto Barroso, apologized to the other ministers – in the first session of the court after the first round of the municipal elections – for the slow disclosure of the totalization of votes last Sunday (15).

Remember the case: The delay of more than two hours in the dissemination of the results was motivated by a Information processing problem, performed by a supercomputer.. The minister stressed, however, that the difficulties did not compromise the results of the vote.

White House transition

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, dismissed the director of the Agency for Infrastructure and Cyber ​​Security, Chris Krebs. He led the committee linked to the US government that testified that the November presidential election went smoothly.

Meanwhile, the president-elect, Joe Biden has appointed several advisers to his campaign team and a Democratic congressman to high-level positions in the White House.. See some of the names.

• With infections on the rise, US doctors ask Trump to share Covid data with Biden

Three presidents in one week: Francisco Sagasti took office after the resignation of Manuel Merino, who replaced Martín Vizcarra, who was dismissed in an accusation process. This is the new chapter in the chronicle of Peru, a country that is going through a political upheaval. In this episode, Renata Lo Prete speaks with two guests: Marina Yzu, a Peruvian who attended the protests, and Nicolás Urrutia, senior analyst for Peru at the consultancy Control Risks.

• Peruvian interim president assumes office and calls for calm after week of protests

The Tibau do Sul City Council was aware of the risks of collapse of the cliffs of Praia de Pipa. The dangers of the section had already been warned recommendations made by the Federal Public Ministry of RN. One of them had the municipality hire a team of professionals to map the areas of greatest threat.

On Tuesday (17), a couple and their seven-month-old son died after part of the cliff collapsed on the beach. Due to the high tide, this morning an assessment will be made of the area where the accident occurred.

Mega-Sena can pay a prize of R $ 50 million to those who establish the six dozen. The draw takes place at 8pm. The minimum bet costs R $ 4.50.

OR RBD released the first song in 12 years: “It has always been here.” In an interview with G1, the singer and actress Maite, one of the six members of the group, said that the song was recorded and produced remotely to follow security protocols against Covid-19. The group also prepares a live meeting for December 26. Know more.

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• Emergency help: Caixa pays a new installment of 5.1 million
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Copa do Brasil – Quarter-finals
16h30: Grêmio x Cuiabá
7pm: Ceará x Palmeiras
9:30 pm: Sao Paulo x Flamengo
9:30 pm: America-MG x International