Brazil on Thursday passed two grim milestones: 40,000 COVID-19 deaths and some 800,000 coronavirus cases.
More than 1.5 million COVID-19 cases have been identified in Latin America, a region now threatened by a food crisis, while global markets plunged Thursday anticipating a long road to economic recovery.Despite the rising toll Brazil's two largest cities -- Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro -- reopened shopping malls, even as the health ministry said there had been more than 1,200 deaths in the last 24 hours and more than 30,000 new cases.
The virus and the lockdowns have caused a spike in US unemployment -- 44.2 million forced out of jobs since mid-March -- and wreaked havoc on the world economy. "We're worried the region could come out of this crisis with more debt, poorer, hungrier and with more unemployment. And most of all, angry," said ECLAC general secretary Alicia Barcena.
"International travel is key for tourism and business, and for family and friends reconnecting," EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson said, adding that it was time"to make concrete preparations."
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