The Ministry of Defense reported on Thursday, 25, that about 34 thousand soldiers worked during three months of operations of the Armed Forces against Covid-19.
The number, according to the folder, is higher than the 25,800 men sent by the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) for the Second World War7,090 military personnel working on the front lines of fighting the pandemic were contaminated. Of these, 1,544 are in recovery and 20 have died, the ministry said. The balance of activities of the Armed Forces during the pandemic was presented on Thursday, 25, to journalists by the Minister of Defense, Fernando Azevedo.
The military carried out actions such as the delivery of health supplies by land and air transport, the decontamination of 2,600 public spaces and the delivery of more than half a million food kits. They also acted in actions to support indigenous communities. To act in the public health emergency, the Ministry of Defense activated 10 military commands across the country to monitor actions for the pandemic, in addition to coordination centers in Brasília.
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