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After violent storms, Brazil faces ongoing cyclone threat — severe weather also forecast in Argentina
Following a powerful extratropical cyclone that swept across south-central Brazil last week —bringing heavy storms and a tornado that devastated parts of Paraná and Santa Catarina— meteorologists are warning that the country faces a continued risk of similar weather events through the end of the year.
The Pan-American Health Organization (Opas) announced, on the last Tuesday (10), that the American continent ceased to be a free zone of endemic transmission of the sarampo. The decision was taken after confirming that Canada is facing a outbreak of the disease, with virus circulation for at least 12 months. Although other countries, such as Brazil, still maintain the status of free areas of the disease, Opas reported that, due to the situation …
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) confirmed that America lost its status as a region free from measles transmission as the virus that causes the disease has been circulating for at least twelve months in Canada. The continent, the first region in the world to eliminate measles twice, has again lost its measles-free status. For the time being, all other American countries continue to maintain their status. The PAHO Monitoring Commission…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) confirmed that the Americas ceased to be a measles-free zone. Scientific journalist Nora Bär, interviewed in the QR (Bravo TV) program, explained the causes of the outbreak and alerted about the anti-vaccine wave that affects immunization. Read more
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that 23 of the 28 deaths reported in the region occurred in Mexico.
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