COVID-19 in Brazil: advantages of a socialized unified health system and preparation to contain cases.

The outbreak of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported for the first time in Wuhan, China in late December 2019 have rapidly spread to other countries and it was declared on January 30, 2020 as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization. Before the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Brazil, several measures have been implemented including the adjustment of legal framework to carry out isolation and quarantine. As the cases increased significantly, new measures, mainly to reduce mortality and severe cases, have also been implemented.

[Efficacy of fish as predators of Aedes aegypti larvae, under laboratory conditions].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of fish as predators of the Aedes aegypti larvae in laboratory conditions.

Methods: The male and female of five different fish were included in the experiment. The tests to measure their consumption ability lasted five weeks for each species.