Ministry of Health expects COVID-19 peak “between May, June, and July”īrazilian Ministry of Health Surveillance Secretary, Wanderson de Oliveira, said that is still not possible to clearly declare when exactly the peak number of infections and deaths caused by COVID-19 within the five most affected states in the country, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Ceará, Pernambuco, and Amazonas, will take place. According to Barbalho, who views the measure as “tough, but necessary,” 375 people have already died in Pará due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and 4,756 have been infected. During the first three days violators will receive “educational measures”, but after Sunday the state government will be given authority to fine all those who violate lockdown measures. The measure will be enforced starting this Thursday, and is scheduled to last until May 17th.

Yesterday evening, Hélder Barbalho, governor of the Brazilian state of Pará, announced in a TV broadcast a full lockdown of the ten cities most affected by COVID-19 in the state, essentially shutting down all non-essential activities in these municipalities – including the capital, Belém. Pará announces ten-city lockdown until May 17th Finally, Russian president Vladimir Putin has decorated North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un with a commemorative medal due to his efforts to preserve the memory of fallen Soviet soldiers in the Korean peninsula during World War II. The British ambassador to Brazil has “strongly urged” all UK citizens on his official Twitter account to “go back immediately” to their home country. The Surveillance Secretary of Brazil’s Ministry of Health, Wanderson de Oliveira, has declared that, although it is not possible to clearly declare when the peak number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic will hit the most affected states in the country, it will happen, it is expected, “between May, June, and July.” Justice Humberto Martins, current head of the National Justice Disciplinary Board, has been elected president of Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice, an office which he will hold for two years. The governor of the Brazilian state of Pará, Hélder Barbalho, has announced a full lockdown in ten cities, including the capital, Belém, due to the impact caused by the high number of COVID-19-related-cases in the state’s hospitals.

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