Coping with the long covid and the Covid 19 pandemic: an experience report of a health education project carried out in the municipality of Divinópolis-MG

Abstract

Covid-19 is characterized as an acute respiratory infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high transmission potential. The contagion began in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, characterizing itself as the biggest pandemic in recent human history. In 2021, Brazil became one of the epicenters of the pandemic, recording high rates of contagion and mortality in addition to the dissemination of various false information mainly related to vaccines approved for emergency use. In this sense, we sought to promote interventions with educational institutions in Divinópolis, MG, in order to provide moments of dialogical interaction and the joint construction of a critical understanding of the subject. An audience of approximately 500 people was directly reached, including students, teachers, and school employees, with the training of multiplier agents with an assertive, safe, and better-grounded view of the essential measures for the prevention and reduction of contagion by SARS- CoV-2 in addition to the perception of relevant aspects related to long-term Covid.