Neighbouring countries are reportedly monitoring closely, what may be drifting towards an out-of-control situation in Brazil, by far South America’s single biggest country, as its COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to rise inexorably.
On the back of an announcement that the country had just recently exceeded 2,000 COVID-19 related deaths in a single 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 for the rest of the world as far as the worsening of the global pandemic is concerned.
Brazil now reportedly has the second largest COVID-19 death toll in the world, behind the US, with total deaths attributed to the virus amounting to 270,656. On Wednesday of last week the country reportedly recorded 79,876 new cases, the third highest number in a single day.
