The new Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc wherever it goes. What governments least feared has started to happen. People in poor communities are starting to die because of the new pandemic, but how can we stop this?
The most effective way continues to be social distancing, which is essential both for prevention and for reducing hospital overcrowding, which will obviously remain.
We would love to report that this is a massive Chinese conspiracy, but it is not, dear readers!
In a press release this week, the RJ State Health Department confirmed this Wednesday (8) the first deaths in two of the largest communities in Rio: Rocinha and Manguinhos.
But what are the confirmed cases?
- In Rocinha, in the South Zone, there were five deaths.
- In Manguinhos, in the North Zone, there were three.
Another problem has also been serious, for example, in the São Conrado favela, four men and one woman died.
However, the department did not report when the deaths occurred nor did it detail the names or ages of the patients, but reported that two of the dead were over 60 years old, and the other three were between 40 and 59 years old.
Another important thing was that the secretariat reported that six other Rocinha residents tested positive — two of them, aged between 30 and 39, developed severe symptoms.
It is known that most cases were treated in the emergency room at CER Leblon. There and at Hospital Miguel Couto, as of the morning of this Wednesday (8), 13 confirmed and suspected patients of Covid-19 were hospitalized.
The latest updates made by Rio authorities were that RJ has confirmed 89 deaths and 1,688 cases of the disease, according to the latest bulletin released on Tuesday (7). But another three deaths were confirmed in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, totaling 92 deaths in total.
Finally, the Federal Government and the Ministry of Health confirmed that throughout the country as of 10:30 am this Wednesday, 14,152 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) in Brazil, with 700 deaths.
Source: Rio de Janeiro Health Department.