Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city in Brazil, will stop requiring proof of vaccination against covid-19 to enter closed sitesconfirmed this Monday its mayor, Eduardo Paes.
Measure it had been demanded in the “wonderful city” since November 12 of last year to enter closed establishments or that generate crowding, such as restaurants, bars, theaters, cinemas, gyms and stadiums, among others.
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The mayor accepted the recommendation that he released this Monday the scientific committee that supports the city in the fight against the pandemic and that was based on the epidemiological panorama that exists in Riowhere the reduction in positives and deaths from the virus continues.
“The vaccine passport will be suspended on the recommendation of the Scientific Committee!” assured the mayor of Rio in a message posted on social networks.
According to the committee, the measure, which according to official sources It will be official from this Tuesdayit will be “temporary” and can be lifted at any timeif it is verified that infections rise again after the elimination of proof of immunization.
Rio de Janeiro, the city that receives the largest number of tourists in the year, it became one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, with more than 35,000 fatalities between 2020 and 2021a figure that so far in 2022 adds up to 1,676 deaths.
The drop in figures since the end of last year made it the first city in Brazil to remove the mask in open and closed placessomething that so far has not triggered infections again.
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In the city, where some 7 million inhabitants live, more than 80% have the complete vaccination schedule and, according to the Ministry of Health, 64% have already applied the first booster dose.
With more than 662,000 deaths from covid-19 and some 30.3 million infections, Brazil is one of the countries most affected by the virus along with the United States and India.
