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Coronavirus infections in Brazil continue to grow at “European” rates. For the second consecutive day, the new positives were almost 14,000, while the deaths in the last 24 hours were 844. In the Latin American giant, the total number of infected people exceeded 200,000 and became the sixth country in the world due to the incidence of the epidemic after France has passed.
Rebels against Bolsonaro
Another internal front was opened for the “denialist” Jair Bolsonaro, who has minimized the risks of the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. The Brazilian president has to deal with “dissident” governors and mayors who have announced that he does not want to apply his decree for the reopening of barbers, beauty salons and gyms. “We are destined to live in a poor country. Are people dying? Okay, but many more will die if we continue destroying the economy, “Bolsonaro said, denouncing that the” blockade “measures are not the correct way to get out of the crisis.
The study that worries
Brazilians are concerned about a study by the University of Washington, which predicted an exponential increase in the mortality curve: with current rates, the death toll could reach 88,305 in August. The model used for this projection is the same one used in studies carried out by the White House to monitor the evolution and estimates of those infected and killed by Covid-19, reports the correspondent for the US newspaper. USA Folha de Sao Paulo. According to work carried out by the Institute of Metrics of the University of Washington, the death and infection curve will continue to grow in Brazil until July, when more than a thousand deaths are expected to occur per day. After this probable peak, the curve will stabilize and begin a gradual decline, with an estimated 780 deaths per day in August, according to the study.
