COVID-19 posed an unprecedented challenge to public health around the world. According to the ‘WHO Coronavirus (Covid-19) Dashboard’ (updated on 10/18/23), the disease affected 770 million people and caused 6.9 million deaths. In terms of the number of cases, Brazil occupies the 8 th position (38 million), rising to 2 nd in the number of deaths (more than 700 thousand) and, unfortunately, reaches 1 st in fatality rate with approximately 368 deaths/100 thousand inhabitants. These data indicate that if the […]