.npwcnn goes inside one of Sao Paulo’s favelas, home to some of Brazil’s poorest areas, where emergency workers are struggling to treat people with Covid-19 as confirmed cases skyrocket in the country.
Brazil this week became the country with the second most infections worldwide after the United States, with more than 330,000 confirmed cases. But Bolsonaro, who once dismissed Covid-19 as a"little flu," has urged businesses to reopen, despite many governors stressing social isolation measures to slow the spread.In the huge intensive care unit of Emilio Ribas Infectious Disease Institute in São Paulo, anger swirls among doctors when asked about their President's comments.
But many more are going to die if the economy continues to be destroyed because of these [lockdown] measures."Disease rampant in favelas Across town, in the favelas there is no debate. Having next to nothing is commonplace, and has brought its own form of isolation from the rest of the city some time ago. But the priority here has long been clear: survival.
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