The new Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc wherever it goes, what the rulers least feared, has started to happen, people in poor communities are starting to die because of the new pandemic, but how to stop it?
The most effective way remains social distancing, which is fundamental both for prevention and for reducing the overcrowding of hospitals that will evidently remain.
We would like to be reporting that this is a big Chinese conspiracy, but it's not, dear readers!
In a press release this week, the State Department of Health of RJ confirmed this Wednesday (8) the first deaths in two of the largest communities in Rio: Rocinha and Manguinhos.
But which cases are confirmed?
- 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 favela of São Conrado, four men and one woman died.
However, the secretariat did not say 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, between 40 and 59 years old.
Another important thing was that the secretary reported that six other residents of Rocinha tested positive - two of them, aged between 30 and 39 years old, developed serious symptoms.
It is known that most cases were treated at the emergency room at CER Leblon. There and at Miguel Couto Hospital, until the morning of this Wednesday (8), 13 confirmed and suspected patients of Covid-19 were hospitalized.
The last updates made by the authorities in Rio were that RJ has confirmed 89 deaths and 1,688 cases of the disease, according to the last bulletin released on Tuesday (7). But another three deaths were confirmed in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, adding up to 92 deaths in total.
Finally, the Federal Government and the Ministry of Health, confirmed that until 10:30 am this Wednesday, 14,152 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) in Brazil, with 700 deaths.
Source: Rio Health Department.
