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Jair Bolsonaro urged "not to disturb" those who take the drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment against covid-19.
The first case related to the variant identified in India was detected in Panama.
Ecuador adds more than 400,000 confirmed cases of covid-19.
This is how the week of May 10 begins in some of the Latin American countries affected by the pandemic.
Brazil
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On Friday, the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, urged through Facebook to "do not disturb" those who use the drugs hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
None of these drugs have been scientifically proven to help fight the virus.
However, Bolsonaro has supported its use throughout the pandemic.
"You are free to choose, with your doctor, the best way to treat yourself," wrote the president.
Choose and please do not upset those who have chosen a different course from yours.
This post was in response to an ongoing Senate investigation into how Bolsonaro has handled the pandemic.
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According to figures from Johns Hopkins University, more than 422,000 people have died in Brazil from covid-19.
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Paraguay
The Chinese company Sinovac Biotech donated 50,000 doses of its vaccine against covid-19 to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) to support the upcoming competitions, as announced by Alejandro Domínguez, president of Conmebol.
Immunization will be targeted at the top professional soccer teams in top-notch men's and women's tournaments.
The Paraguayan Football Association was the first to vaccinate players, referees, technicians and assistants, according to the news agency of the Government of Paraguay.
The members of the Sportivo Luqueño Club were the first to receive the doses, followed by Cerro Porteño and Guaraní.
Domínguez said on his Twitter account that the vaccinations will allow the Copa América, which will be played between June 13 and July 10 in Argentina and Colombia, to develop more safely.
Ecuador
On Sunday, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health reported that the country had exceeded 400,000 confirmed cases of covid-19.
Ecuador now adds almost 14,000 deaths from covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Panama
Panama's Ministry of Health reported on Friday that the country had detected the first case of covid-19 related to the variant first identified in India.
The case involves a passenger from India who tested positive at Tocumen International Airport and was immediately isolated.
The US CDC classifies variant B.1.617, first detected in India, as a variant of interest
According to the ministry, the traveler is under quarantine and under monitoring and has not shown severe symptoms.
He also claimed that all contacts were traced inside the plane that landed in Panama.
Panama detected the first case of contagion of covid-19 in the country with the variant identified in India.
This is a traveler who tested positive last week at the Tocumen International Airport from India, the Ministry of Health of Panama reported this Friday.
Peru
Between February and April of this year, Peruvian trips to the United States have increased almost sevenfold, according to CNN en Español's Jimena De La Quintana.
This is largely due to the slow rate of vaccination in Peru, which is why some choose to seek a vaccine abroad.
See here the story of a family that made this decision.
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With information from Marcia Reverdosa, Deborah Bloom, Sanie López, Elizabeth González and Jimena De La Quintana.
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