The disease has caused the largest health crisis of the century across the planet, with a total of 765.2 million cases and nearly 7 million deaths
More than 1,190 days passed between the start and end of the declaration of a public health emergency (PHEIC) for the coronavirus pandemic. corona virusmade by World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 and Closed this Friday, 5. The disease has caused the largest health crisis of the century across the planet, with a total of 765.2 million cases and nearly 7 million deaths in more than three years, according to WHO.
From medical records to political controversies, in topics, remember the most significant moments of the covid-19 pandemic around the world:
2019
- December 31, 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has been alerted over several cases of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, China.
2020
- January 7, 2020 – Chinese health authorities have confirmed that they have identified a new type of coronavirus.
- January 13, 2020: The first case of the disease is detected outside China, in Thailand.
- January 30, 2020: WHO declares COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
- February 23, 2020: Europe is experiencing its first major wave of infections with the disease, with most cases in Italy.
- February 26, 2020: The Ministry of Health confirms the first case of covid-19 in Brazil. He was a 61-year-old man from São Paulo who had traveled to Italy and experienced respiratory problems.
- March 11, 2020: WHO officially declares a coronavirus pandemic due to its “alarming levels” of spread in several countries. Europe goes into lockdown mode. Around 120,000 people had contracted the virus worldwide.
- March 16, 2020: First death from Covid-19 announced in Brazil. The victim was a 62-year-old man in São Paulo. However, in July, the Ministry of Health released, after correcting the epidemiological data in the file, that the first death in the country actually occurred on March 12, in São Paulo. The victim was a 57-year-old female.
- March 20, 2020: Jair Bolsonaro calls covid-19 a “little flu”. The then president said that, after the stabbing in 2018, it will not be a “little flu” to bring him down.
- April 16, 2020: the then Minister of Health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, was fired by Jair Bolsonaro. The resignation followed a series of public disagreements between him and the president. The position was taken over by Nelson Teich, who also left the portfolio less than a month after taking it.
- April 20, 2020 – Jair Bolsonaro says he’s “not a gravedigger”, answering a reporter’s question about the number of coronavirus deaths in the country.
- August 8, 2020: Brazil reaches the milestone of 100,000 deaths from covid-19. The country had nearly 3 million infected. On that date, the Senate declared four days of official mourning in the National Congress.
- December 8, 2020: the first person in the world is vaccinated against Covid-19. UK begins immunization against disease, using Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The first to be vaccinated was Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British woman.
2021
- January 14, 2021: The explosion of covid-19 cases led to the collapse of the health system in Manaus, which ran out of oxygen for patients in hospitals.
- January 17, 2021: With Anvisa’s authorization for emergency use of CoronaVac and AstraZeneca vaccines, Brazil begins vaccination. The first immunized is Mônica Calazans, 54, a black woman belonging to the risk group and a nurse.
- March 15, 2021: Marcelo Queiroga is chosen by President Jair Bolsonaro to replace General Eduardo Pazuello as Minister of Health. Queiroga became Bolsonaro’s fourth minister during the pandemic, staying on until the end of his term.
- April 13, 2021: the Covid-19 CPI is created. In the final report, the CPI accused Jair Bolsonaro of committing nine crimes: prevarication; quackery; epidemic resulting in death; violation of preventive sanitary measures; irregular use of public funds; incitement to crime; forgery of private documents; liability offense; and crimes against humanity.
- June 19, 2021: The municipal health department of São Paulo announces the first case of delta variant in the capital. The variant was first detected in October 2020 in India and has become known to be more contagious than other strains.
- October 7, 2021: Brazil reaches the threshold of 60% of the adult population fully vaccinated against covid-19. In response to vaccination coverage, the country recorded its lowest number of covid-19 deaths in 2021 so far in September.
- November 24, 2021: The existence of the Omicron variant is first reported to WHO, from Africa. The variant presented risks due to its high transmissibility, albeit with milder symptoms.
2022
- January 14, 2022 – The first child is vaccinated against covid-19 in Brazil. Indigenous Davi Seremramiwe, 8, was the first of the public to receive the Pfizer immunizer in the country.
- February 3, 2022: The start of the year in Brazil is marked by explosions of cases, despite the decline in the death rate. On February 3, the record for daily infections was broken, with 298,408 cases confirmed in 24 hours.
- March 25, 2022: Fiocruz releases a report that, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, occupancy of covid-19 intensive care units is below 60% in all states.
- April 8, 2022: Paraíba is the latest Brazilian state to make the use of masks optional, which means that all federations, for the first time, are free to use the protective accessory.
- April 17, 2022: Marcelo Queiroga announces the end of the Public Health Emergency of National Importance (ESPIN) due to covid-19 in Brazil.
- November 21, 2022: Anvisa approved the sale of Paxlovid, a drug used as a covid-19 treatment for adults, in pharmacies and private hospitals.
2023
- February 23, 2023: Brazil begins vaccinating priority audiences with the bivalent vaccine, which provides greater protection against the original viral strain and also against the Omicron variant.
- May 1, 2023: São Paulo detects the first case of the Arcturus variant, characterized by conjunctivitis and high fever.
- May 05, 2023: WHO declares the end of the public health emergency of the coronavirus pandemic on the planet.
Source: Terra
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