Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has appointed Marcello Queroga to the post, replacing his Health Minister for the fourth time since the outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic. Queroga will replace Edwardo Pazuelo. Military General Pazuelo was appointed as the Minister of Health in May last year, despite having no experience in the field of health.
Earlier, Pazuelo had indicated in Monday’s press conference that Bolsonaro could replace him as Health Minister. Pazuelo’s predecessor, two health ministers, resigned from his post due to differences with Bolsonaro. Quiroga is currently the head of the country’s cardiology society.
Cases of continuously increasing infections
Brazil is one of the worst affected countries in the world. After the Corona outbreak last year, cases of infection are increasing rapidly in Brazil once again. Every day about 70 thousand new cases are coming up in Brazil and about 2 thousand people are dying every day. Brazil has become the second-worst affected country in the world by Corona, leaving India behind. America is the worst at number one.
Brazil’s new variant responsible
The World Health Organization has also expressed concern over the situation in Brazil. The global organization said that concrete steps have to be taken to control the situation in Brazil. Brazil currently has 11,363,380 active cases and 2,75,105 people have lost their lives. In cases, the new variant of Corona (P.1) which emerged in Brazil is also an important reason behind this increase.
Experts say that the Brazilian variant spreads faster than the original form of Corona. Also, people who have become corona positive once before can also come in the grip of it. Many believe that due to the management of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, this situation has happened to his country. Bolsonaro has also given many controversial statements on the vaccine to lockdown.
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