Brazil in the face of new SARS-CoV-2 variants: emergencies and challenges in public health

• Main Authors: Flavia Maria Darcie Marquitti (Author), Renato Mendes Coutinho (Author), Leonardo Souto Ferreira (Author), Marcelo Eduardo Borges (Author), Tatiana Pineda Portella (Author), Rafael Lopes Paixão da Silva (Author), Otavio Canton (Author), Silas Poloni (Author), Caroline Franco (Author), Verônica Coelho (Author), Lorena Barberia (Author), Monica de Bolle (Author), Alexandra Crispim Boing (Author), Maria Rita Donalisio (Author), Antonio Fernando Boing (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author), Paulo Inácio Prado (Author), Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena Veras (Author), Roberto André Kraenkel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT: This article discusses the epidemic situation of Covid-19 in Brazil, in the face of the emergence of a new strain called P.1, which is more transmissible and may be associated with reinfection. Given the collapse of hospital care in Manaus in January 2021 and the results of three recent pr...