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OPS alerta sobre ‘terrible’ aumento de casos de covid-19 en Brasil

Directora de la organización considera ‘crucial’ que el gigante suramericano adopte las medidas preventivas para frenar la propagación del virus

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 25, 2021 a worker wearing a protective suit and carrying an umbrella walks past the graves of COVID-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Brazil. - In a change of course, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro named respected cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as his new health minister on March 15, replacing Eduardo Pazuello, an army general with no prior medical experience. Queiroga will be the fourth to hold the post during the pandemic, as the country's health system staggers amid surging COVID-19 cases. But neither the departure of the criticized soldier, nor the appointment of his successor have yet been published in the Official Journal. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 25, 2021 a worker wearing a protective suit and carrying an umbrella walks past the graves of COVID-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Brazil. - In a change of course, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro named respected cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as his new health minister on March 15, replacing Eduardo Pazuello, an army general with no prior medical experience. Queiroga will be the fourth to hold the post during the pandemic, as the country's health system staggers amid surging COVID-19 cases. But neither the departure of the criticized soldier, nor the appointment of his successor have yet been published in the Official Journal. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP) MICHAEL DANTAS
Brasil Un trabajador vestido con un traje protector y con un paraguas camina frente a las tumbas de las víctimas de la covid-19, en el cementerio de Nuestra Señora Aparecida, en Manaos, Brasil, el 25 de febrero del 2021. Foto: AFP (MICHAEL DANTAS/AFP)

Washington. La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) alertó este martes sobre el “terrible” aumento de casos de covid-19 en Brasil, que también golpea a sus vecinos Venezuela, Bolivia y Perú, y destacó el alza de los contagios en Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay.

La transmisión del virus “sigue aumentando peligrosamente en todo Brasil”, aseguró en conferencia de prensa la directora de la OPS, Carissa Etienne, considerando “crucial” que el gigante suramericano adopte las medidas preventivas para frenar la propagación del virus.

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