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Latin America accounts for 40% of daily global deaths
Region is new epicenter of COVID-19
Laura Gamba |
29.05.2020
BOGOTA, Colombia
Latin American countries reported nearly 840,000 coronavirus cases and more than 45,000 deaths as of Thursday, with the region accounting for 40% of daily coronavirus deaths worldwide.
Brazil, Peru, Chile and Mexico have each reported more than 10,000 new cases in the past five days and their healthcare systems can no longer cope.
Brazil
Brazil is set to pass the death counts in Spain and France in the coming days.
President Jair Bolsonaro held a news conference Thursday outside his presidential residence where he criticized countries like Argentina for the measures they have taken during the pandemic.
"Look at how far Argentina is going. Does anyone want that for Brazil?" he said. "We have taken measures to save the country from chaos. The government did its part. Because of measures that others took, many of the poor were transformed into miserable people. Many among the middle class have fallen into poverty, and it will be difficult to get the economy going," he said.
More:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/latin-america-accounts-for-40-of-daily-global-deaths/1857124
