Coronavirus crisis in Brazil is out of control, and set to get worse

6:00am, May 26, 2020 Updated: 8:06am, May 26



Aerial view of an area at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery where new graves have been dug in Manaus, Brazil. Photo: Getty

Samantha Dick
Reporter

Brazil has rapidly overtaken Russia to become the second biggest hot spot for coronavirus infections after the US.

US President Donald Trump responded to the grim milestone by banning foreigners from travelling to the US if they had been in Brazil in the past two weeks.

America’s death toll exceeds 97,000 – quadruple that of Brazil.

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How did it come to this? And why
It all comes down to politics.

Like Mr Trump, Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has long rejected social distancing measures in favour of reopening the economy.

After dismissing COVID-19 as a “little flu”, Mr Bolsonaro has defied many governors and health practitioners by urging businesses to reopen.

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