Brazil's epidemic is worsening Time:2021-7-14



So far, Brazil has suffered more and more serious outbreaks; In the peak period of the first wave of epidemic in July 2020, about 1000 people died every week on average; During the peak period of the second wave in April this year, 3000 people died every week.


In early June, as the southern hemisphere entered winter, the local prevention and control policies were lax, and the highly risky mutated virus accelerated the spread of the disease. These viruses include gamma variant strains in Brazil and delta variant strains in India, the first to appear in Brazil. The number of new deaths per day in Brazil has reached 3000 again, and the third wave of epidemic is coming.


As of today, the epidemic has killed more than 500000 people in Brazil, second only to the United States.


To curb the epidemic, Brazil's large and medium-sized cities to speed up vaccination. At present, about 1 / 4 of the population in Brazil has received the first dose of new crown vaccine, and 50% of the population in Rio city has completed the first dose of new crown vaccine. The governor of Sao Paulo state, Doria, announced that while speeding up vaccination, he set a goal to complete the state wide adult vaccination by September this year.


More than 85% of the vaccines vaccinated by Brazilian people are from China, and China has provided more than 100 million doses of vaccines to Brazil. On June 15th, it was reported that Brazil plans to purchase 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Conchino, China. Kangxinguan vaccine is an adenovirus vector vaccine jointly developed by Academy of military medicine, Chinese Academy of Military Sciences and kangxinuo biological company. It has obtained emergency use license in Latin American countries.



The author contacted Marcio Hofmeister, Brazil head of Anjun logistics, and learned that: at present, all large and medium-sized cities in Brazil have taken measures to seal up their cities. It is expected that this round of city closure will last for 2-4 weeks. During the period of city closure, people are not allowed to go out at will, but it will ensure the normal operation of express delivery and delivery personnel.


In Curitiba region where Anjun logistics Brazil warehouse is located, the state health control agency has forced all local people to be vaccinated according to their age in order to curb the spread of the virus.


Due to the virus infection in ceint, there may be some delay in operation and customs clearance, and the processing progress of problem items may slow down.


The above situation may last for 2-4 weeks. It is believed that after the epidemic is under control, it will gradually return to normal.