The animal has become a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Atlantic Forest.

The vaccine produced by Bio-Manguinhos will be distributed as part of the National Immunization Program, linked to the country’s public health system.

The Southeast has seen 942,948 cases of COVID-19, followed by the Northeast, with 878,1 thousand. In the North, the case tally stands at 414,492. In the Central-West, 259,509. The South has had 238,627.

The figures show that the percentage rose above the 12.3 percent reported in the previous week (11.5 million).

São Paulo (529,006/22,710) and Rio de Janeiro (163,642/13.348) in the Southeast, and Ceará (171.468/7.661) in the Northeast, have most notifications of COVID-19 cases and deaths among all 27 Brazilian states.

Also on Thursday, Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister Marcos Pontes reported he has also been diagnosed with COVID-19.

The exceptions regarding immigrants with a residence permit or foreign spouses, partners, children, parents, caregivers, and RNM holders “do not apply to foreigners coming from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”