February 16, 2021, 10:23 pmBrasilia, 16 February (Prensa Latina) Government of the Brazilian state of Bahia (North East) announced a one-night curfew starting Friday due to an increase in infections caused by the disease Kovid-19 caused by Kovid-19 Vivo -two. .
“With this, we hope to save lives and guarantee hospital beds for those they need”.
Such a touch would involve most regional divisions of 15 million inhabitants, including its capital, Salvador.
‘This is a measure we need to include the infection rate and the number of active cases, which is more than 15 thousand. This is a way to contain the advance of that alarming number, which, if proceeded, will lead to a total collapse of the health system, ‘Costa admitted.
He clarified that the return to classrooms would depend on the reduction in these active cases, the number of deaths and the occupancy rate of intensive care units, which is 74 percent.
Human loss due to the disease in the state increased in recent times and already 10,000 people have died.
To date, Brazil has accumulated 240 thousand 90 deaths and nine million 921 thousand 981 infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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