The Public Health Emergency of National Importance, also known as “sanitary emergency”, reached its end on the 22nd of May. However, contrary to what many think, this doesn’t mean that all the public policies for combatting the pandemic have also ended at this time.
The success of the national immunization campaign, the decrease in the moving average of deaths by covid19, besides the decrease in the occupation rate of beds in ICUs justified this decision from the Ministry of Health. The end of the sanitary emergency will facilitate broad decisions in the purview of health, such as, for instance, the use of telemedicine.
Currently, over 78% of the Brazilian population has received the three doses of vaccine, adding up to 414 million doses of vaccine applied. According to a government representative, “Understanding internationally that a sanitary emergency exists doesn’t mean that nationally this emergency is maintained.”
It’s worth noting that the end of the sanitary emergency in Brazil doesn’t mean the end of the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet officially declared the end of the pandemic in the world. This ordinance only determines that, internally, Brazil is administratively guaranteed to contain the pandemic efficiently.
FINK continues following strict protocols, understanding the moment but, at the same time, being careful of the safety of everyone involved in its operations.
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