Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, passed the mark of 1,000 deaths on Friday, the health ministry said.
BRASILIA: Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, passed the mark of 1,000 deaths on Friday , the health ministry said.
There are fears for what that could mean in the country's poorest areas, especially the favelas - crowded, impoverished slums in cities such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro that typically lack basic health and sanitation infrastructure.President Jair Bolsonaro meanwhile faces a firestorm of criticism for downplaying COVID-19 as a"little flu" and the reaction to it as"hysteria.
In his latest act of disregard for his own government's recommendations, he hit the streets of Brasilia on Friday to greet supporters.
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