1. Brazil has so far seen 500,000 deaths due to Covid -19, the second-highest in the world.
2. President Jair Bolsonaro did not accept measures like social distancing and lockdown which added more infections in society.
3. The situation may become worse in the coming weeks due to low vaccination and the start of winter, as per health organization Foircruz, which disclosed that only 15% adult population got vaccinated till now.
4. President Jair Bolsonaro has been criticized for his refusal to mask-wearing and other measures to be adopted. People in Brazil are protesting with banners like "Bolsonaro must go".
5. On one side opposition is blaming President for delaying vaccine orders, on other hand President is saying he has done all that he can do for getting vaccines from other countries.
rileyoneill on June 20th, 2021 at 20:56 UTC »
Peru has the highest per capita covid death rate in the world. 5600 per million people. Brazil's is 2300. With the way things are going, the fact that the virus is spreading unmitigated in Brazil, and that the delta variant will likely do the same. If Brazil gets hit as hard as Peru, expect 1M dead in Brazil. Considering that more deadly variants are spreading and Brazil seems to be beyond counter measures, I expect this to happen.
Onetofew on June 20th, 2021 at 20:01 UTC »
Amazing how the countries that faired the worst had governments who acted like it wasn’t real
biagwina_tecolotl on June 20th, 2021 at 19:16 UTC »
Brazil’s president is trump on steroids. How is anyone surprised by this?