Brazil to exceed 1 million COVID-19 cases as virus rages
Brazil was on track to surpass 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, second only to the United States, with total deaths fast approaching 50,000 as the country struggles with a tense political climate and worsening economic outlook.
It has spread relentlessly across the continent-sized country, eroding support for right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and raising fears of economic collapse after years of anemic growth.
The true extent of the outbreak in Brazil far exceeds official figures released after 6 p.m. (2100 GMT) on most evenings, according to many experts, who cite a lack of widespread testing in the country as a factor adding to many uncertainties about the disease.
“That number of 1 million is much less than the real number of people who have been infected, because there is under-reporting of a magnitude of five to ten times,” said Alexandre Naime Barbosa, a medical professor at the São Paulo State University.
“The true number is probably at least 3 million and could even be as high as 10 million people.”
At: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-idUSKBN23Q35R
São Paulo pedestrians throng a downtown shopping area on June 10th as the city re-opened amid the ongoing pandemic - partly due to pressure from President Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil's new daily Covid-19 cases have exceeded the United States' for 15 of the last 23 days - despite testing rates of roughly one eighth that of the U.S.
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Oh, and get yer ass back to work..........
Neither of those two have any business on this planet........
As noted, they've topped the U.S. as far as new cases for 15 of the last 23 days.
And this, in a country with 1/8 as much per capita testing.
Why? It's not just Bolso's insolence: it's the crowded slum/semi-slum conditions much of the urban population lives in.
Duque de Caxias, a Rio suburb of about 1,000,000.
The above photo is not considered a slum in Brazil - merely a working-class neighborhood.
The US has 32,000 new cases. We haven't had this many new cases in over a month.
Sooooooo glad it is washing away like tRump said it would.