Brazil registers its deadliest week since the start of the health crisis and adds 1,800 deaths from coronavirus in one day. With more than 75,000 cases a day, the country is on the brink of collapse.
Converted into one of the global epicenters of the pandemic, Brazil, with 212 million inhabitants, is the second country in the world with the highest number of deaths after the United States, and the third in number of cases, behind the United States. and India.
Rio de Janeiro authorities have imposed more restrictions to avoid contagion.
“If they let us open at 40% or 50% of capacity, we could work without crowds. And most importantly, we could pay our bills at the end of the month, because it is very difficult. There is a lot of uncertainty: Is this going to last a week? Two weeks? Or will everything close again? “, said William Silva, a waiter at a beach bar in Copacabana.
In Brazil, more than 9 and a half million people have passed the coronavirus, about a million are under medical treatment.
In Sao Paulo, the most populous state in Brazil and the one with the highest number of deaths and cases from COVID-19, a new field hospital will be built, after the closure of all those built during the first wave.
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