The latest flu epidemic, caused by the H3N2 mutation of the Influenza A virus, has spread rapidly across the country over the past few weeks.
A survey carried out by the state departments of Health shows that 19 states have already registered cases of the disease, which killed 16 people in Brazil.
Data were collected this Thursday (23/12). The deaths are concentrated in six states. The region with the most records of deaths from H3N2 is Rio de Janeiro. The state already counts seven fatal victims of the virus.
Rio was one of the first to register cases of H3N2. The increase in the number of incidents took place in the same period in which the city’s city hall made the use of face protection masks more flexible, given the reduction in cases and deaths caused by Covid-19.
The states with records of deaths by Covid are: Bahia (2 deaths), Espírito Santo (2 deaths), Paraná (1 death), Pernambuco (3 deaths), Rio de Janeiro (7 deaths) and Rio Grande do Sul (1 death ).
In the previous survey carried out on December 18, there were positive records for the H3N2 strain in 11 Brazilian states. Now, at least 19 federative units have registered cases of the variant.
The new strain of flu is already circulating in the states of Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Federal District, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sergipe , Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul and Rondônia.
The latest flu epidemic, caused by the H3N2 mutation of the Influenza A virus, has spread rapidly across the country over the past few weeks.
A survey carried out by the state departments of Health shows that 19 states have already registered cases of the disease, which killed 16 people in Brazil.
Data were collected this Thursday (23/12). The deaths are concentrated in six states. The region with the most records of deaths from H3N2 is Rio de Janeiro. The state already counts seven fatal victims of the virus.
Rio was one of the first to register cases of H3N2. The increase in the number of incidents took place in the same period in which the city’s city hall made the use of face protection masks more flexible, given the reduction in cases and deaths caused by Covid-19.
The states with records of deaths by Covid are: Bahia (2 deaths), Espírito Santo (2 deaths), Paraná (1 death), Pernambuco (3 deaths), Rio de Janeiro (7 deaths) and Rio Grande do Sul (1 death ).
In the previous survey carried out on December 18, there were positive records for the H3N2 strain in 11 Brazilian states. Now, at least 19 federative units have registered cases of the variant.
The new strain of flu is already circulating in the states of Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Federal District, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sergipe , Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul and Rondônia.
