Covid-19: temporal evolution and immunization in the three epidemiological waves, Brazil, 2020-2022.
Erly Catarina MouraJuan José Cortez-EscalanteFabrício Vieira CavalcanteIvana Cristina de Holanda Cunha BarretoMauro Niskier SanchezLeonor Maria Pacheco SantosPublished in: Revista de saude publica (2022)
We noticed the presence of three waves of Covid-19, as well as the effect of immunization on the reduction of mortality in the second and third waves, attributed to the Delta and Omicron variants, respectively. However, the reduction of morbidity, which peaked in the third wave during the domination of the Omicron variant, remained the same. The national and centralized command of the pandemic confrontation did not occur; thus, public administrators took the lead in their territories. The overwhelming effect of the pandemic could have been minimized, if there had been a coordinated participation of three spheres of the Brazilian Unified Health System administration, in the joint governance of the pandemic fight.