Two people infected with the Brazilian variant of the covid-19 died in Venezuela, two days after the arrival of this variant in the country was announced, President Nicolás Maduro reported this Friday.

“Of the four people infected in Caracas, two died yesterday. Young, they were young, 40 and 50 years old ”, Maduro said in a ceremony with the ruling party in which he commemorated the eight years since the death of former President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013).

The president indicated that the authorities are making a “Tremendous effort” Y “I laughed” for “harbor”The variant of the three states in which its presence has been detected – Capital District, Miranda (center) and Bolívar (south) – because “It is very virulent.”

RESTRICT PUBLIC MOBILIZATIONS

In that sense, he indicated that he decided to limit the meetings and public mobilizations while the country overcomes the situation of alarm due to the arrival of the Brazilian variant.

“This coming week is very radical (the quarantine)”He said in reference to the system that applies to contain the virus and that consists of a week of confinement, followed by another seven days in which the work of the different economic sectors is allowed.

“We return to the extreme biosecurity scheme in quarantine and care with public activities. We had relaxed a little bit (…) we had a certain level of control that is still maintained, but we have a threat “added.

Maduro also announced that as of Monday the health authorities will begin to apply the first of the 500,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, although he did not offer more details on how the process will be.

I had calculated April as the month for the expansion of vaccination, I hope we comply with it, because there are problems in the production of vaccines in the world and vaccines in the world are being monopolized by only 10 countries, they are monopolizing 90% of the vaccines, then prevention is key “, he pointed.

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