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Variants of Variants Seen In COVID-Ravaged Brazil

March 24, 2021 — The unchecked spread of the more contagious coronavirus variants in Brazil appears to have created even more dangerous versions of the virus that causes COVID-19. A team of researchers from Fiocruz, a large public health research lab run by Brazil’s Ministry of Health, documented the changes. Their findings were recently […]

Covid Brazil variant 'may spread more easily'

Infectious diseases expert Prof Ester Sabino, from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, said: “You need many introductions [of a virus] to start an epidemic. Six is very few. I would say if you take care and do contact tracing, this is going to decrease.” Source link

Brazil: Can you vaccinate a whole town against Covid?

The entire adult population of about 30,000 people in the town of Serrana, Brazil, will be vaccinated against Covid-19 to test whether it lowers the infection rate. Reporter: BBC South America correspondent Katy Watson Camera: Renato Varoli Editor: Colm O’Molloy Producer: Jessica Cruz Source link