国际英语资讯:Brazilian govt announces extra vaccines to tackle measles outbreak
<p><span word="RIO">RIO</span> <span word="DE">DE</span> <span word="JANEIRO">JANEIRO</span>, <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 20-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Brazilian">Brazilian</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="purchase">purchase</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vaccines">vaccines</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="double">double</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tackle">tackle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outbreak">outbreak</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="measles">measles</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="purchase">purchase</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="MMR">MMR</span> <span word="vaccines">vaccines</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="measles">measles</span>, <span word="mumps">mumps</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rubella">rubella</span> <span word="jumped">jumped</span> <span word="from">from</span> 30.6 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2018 <span word="to">to</span> 60.2 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2019.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="aims">aims</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vaccination">vaccination</span> <span word="of">of</span> 39 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Brazilians">Brazilians</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="to">to</span> 49 <span word="who">who</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="inoculated">inoculated</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="contain">contain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outbreak">outbreak</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eliminate">eliminate</span>, <span word="once">once</span> <span word="more">more</span>, <span word="measles">measles</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Brazil">Brazil</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="stated">stated</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="vaccine">vaccine</span> <span word="distribution">distribution</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Brazil">Brazil</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="exec">exec</span> <span word="secretary">secretary</span>, <span word="Joao">Joao</span> <span word="Gabbardo">Gabbardo</span>, <span word="immunization">immunization</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="priority">priority</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="shortage">shortage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vaccines">vaccines</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="vaccines">vaccines</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> 12 <span word="months">months</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> 2019, <span word="Brazil">Brazil</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> 4,476 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="measles">measles</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="January">January</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="September">September</span> 18, <span word="and">and</span> 3,906 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="occurred">occurred</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="June">June</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="September">September</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="report">report</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="concentrated">concentrated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sao">Sao</span> <span word="Paulo">Paulo</span> <span word="state">state</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="clocked">clocked</span> <span word="over">over</span> 90 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> 16 <span word="states">states</span>.</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="measles">measles</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span>, <span word="three">three</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="babies">babies</span> <span word="younger">younger</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> 42-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span>. <span word="None">None</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="vaccinated">vaccinated</span>.</p>
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