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Judi Lynn

(160,218 posts)
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:22 AM May 2020

Sao Paulo digs mass graves as virus death toll soars in Brazil

29 May 2020 at 10:44 pm

The strange thing about Sao Paulo is that when you arrive in Brazil’s most densely populated city it seems pretty normal. This is despite the fact that it’s the biggest city in Brazil, a country which currently has the highest daily death rate from Covid-19 in the world.

The figures are bad. For the last three days more than 1,000 people have officially died from the virus, but because there is little testing and health care has been stretched to breaking point, most Brazilians believe this is a vast under estimate

When we arrived on Thursday the airport was quiet and we had to present a letter from the Brazilian embassy giving us permission to report.

However, driving into this sprawling metropolis of 20 million people the streets seem busy and there’s plenty of activity.

More:
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-29/sao-paulo-digs-mass-graves-as-virus-death-toll-soars-in-brazil/

Hope DU's excellent progressive poster(s) in, or near Sao Paulo, and family members will be safe throughout and after.

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