The Committee, based on the epidemiological scenario with 80% vaccination coverage, recommended to the Municipal Health Department that it not restrict the carioca carnival.
Specialist in infectious diseases from the United States, Anthony Fauci said that booster doses of current vaccines work against the new strain.
In 24 hours, new cases of covid-19 and 301 deaths were registered. There are still 152,214 patients in follow-up and 21,399,316 already recovered.
Infections were recorded in São Paulo (13), the Federal District (2), Rio Grande do Sul (2) and Goiás (2). Balance was released by the Ministry of Health.
There will be barriers at the Ponte da Amizade, between Foz do Iguaçu and Ciudad del Este, in Paraguay; and on the Tancredo Neves Bridge, between Foz do Iguaçu and Puerto Iguazú, in Argentina.