Micron: Government issues ban on flights to Brazil from six African countries | Corona virus

A The government’s decision was released on Friday (26), on a social network, was inspired by the discovery of a new “anxiety variant” of the corona virus, known as Civil House Minister Ciro Noguera, and Omigron.

In addition to Ciro Noguevara, Ministers Anderson Torres (Justice), Marcelo Guerrero (Health) and Tarcio Gomez de Freidas (Infrastructure) signed the decree.

The law also temporarily suspends the recognition of foreigners traveling or passing through these six African countries to Brazil over the past 14 days.

This decision meets the recommendation of the National Health Monitoring Organization (ANVISA).

This Saturday, The agency also recommended restricting the entry of travelers from four African countries: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. However, this Saturday’s government decree did not deal with these countries.

The government-issued government also offers some exceptions. According to the text, within the last 14 days of a Brazilian traveler arriving or crossing six African countries, upon entering the Brazilian border, they must have been isolated for 14 days in the final destination city.

This rule applies to travelers who fall into one of the following situations:

• A foreigner with permanent residence in the territory of Brazil, for a fixed or indefinite period;
• A foreign professional working in the service of an international organization, until identified;
• A foreign official accredited by the Brazilian government; And
• Brazilian foreign spouse, partner, child, parent or guardian; A foreigner recognized exclusively by the Brazilian government for public interest or humanitarian reasons; And a foreigner with a National Migration Register.

B.1.1.529, now called the Omigron variant because it contains 50 mutations – one never seen before – more than 30 (spikes) of S protein – the “key” used by the virus to enter cells is the target of most Covit-19 vaccines.

Announcing the discovery of the new variant on Thursday (25), virologist Tulio de Oliveira, director of the Center for Epidemiological Response and Discovery in South Africa, said the Omigran variant had “extraordinary mutation stars” and was “very different”. From other types already distributed

“This variation surprised us, it took a huge leap in evolution [e traz] There are more mutations than we expected, “said Oliveira, a Brazilian.