On Sunday (Jan. 17), Brazil’s national sanitary regulator Anvisa recommended the emergency use of vaccines CoronaVac, of the Butantan Institute, in partnership with Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac; and AstraZeneca, of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), in collaboration with the Astrazeneca/Oxford consortium. The meeting lasted about five hours.
In the case of CoronaVac, the success rate in the prevention of the disease compared to the group that received the placebo is reported to have reached 50.39 percent. For AstraZeneca, Anvisa confirmed its global efficacy at 70.42 percent.
The decision to use both vaccines on an emergency basis was unanimous. Anvisa’s five administrators voted in favor of director Meiruze Freitas’ report. She is under pressure that vaccines have no curative option and that she based her resolution on science and Anvisa’s hard work. during the last few days.
“Guided by science and the data, the team concluded that the known and potential benefits of the these vaccines surpass their risks. [Anvisa] officials have worked wholeheartedly and with a sense of utter urgency,” Meiruze said while reading her vote out loud.
Two studies carried out by scientists from Brazilian research centers have discovered the bacteria Leptospira sp. in dolphins and sea lions off the coast of the country. Leptospirosis has killed more than 2,800 people in Brazil over the last decade.
The partial figure for 2023 is already the highest number of rescues in the last 14 years and a record in the total of severance payments. In all, 516 urban and rural establishments were inspected.
As the ninth-largest oil producer in the world and the foremost in Latin America, Brazil generates approximately 3.672 million barrels of oil per day.
In terms of formal contracts, the private sector saw a surge in the number of employees with work permits, reaching 37.4 million, the highest since January 2015.
Mercosur should sign an extra-regional agreement with the Asian country next week, during the bloc’s 63rd summit, to be held in Rio Dec. 4 to 7. The country is Brazil’s second largest trading partner in Asia.
At COP28 in Dubai, the president highlighted that humanity is facing excessive and habitual droughts, floods and heat waves, and referred to drought in northern Brazil and floods in the south. “Science and truth show us that this time we will have to pay sooner. “
The move comes as Venezuelans prepare to vote in a referendum on Venezuela’s claims to the Essequibo region, which accounts for about two-thirds of Guyana.
President Lula said it was in the interest of the government and the country for Brazilian corporations to be more vital in global trade. He is traveling in the Middle East and participated in an Embraer product presentation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In a speech to Brazilian and Saudi investors, he discussed investment opportunities in Brazil. The president is currently in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the first stop on his Middle East trip, where he is also taking part in COP 28 in Dubai.
Unlike previous years, the study is based on the 2022 population census from the revised 2018 population projections, derived from the 2010 census.