COVID Brazil crisis creates jitters all over the continent

Apparently, neighboring countries are closely monitoring what may be moving towards an out of control situation in Brazil, by far South America’s largest single country, as its infections and deaths COVID-19 continue to rise inexorably.

An announcement that the country has just surpassed 2,000 COVID-19 related deaths in one day and question marks over the decisions being made by the country’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, fears are being expressed that the situation in Brazil could have implications. to the rest of the world as far as worsening the global pandemic is concerned.

Brazil now reportedly has the second-largest COVID-19 death toll in the world, behind the US, with the total number of deaths attributed to the virus at 270,656. On Wednesday of last week, the country recorded 79,876 new cases, the third highest number in a single day.

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