As virus hits South America, Brazil's president mocks threat
South America is struggling to stop the coronavirus from spreading, and cases in countries like Brazil and Ecuador are likely being underreported, researchers say. Brazil has reported more than 25,000 cases, but researchers believe the real number could be 10 times higher.
Protecting Brazil's poorest neighborhoods is often a do-it-yourself project. Locals were seen fumigating on their own and makers of Carnaval costumes are sewing medical scrubs.
Even as cases spike, the country's autocratic president, Jair Bolsonaro, continues to mock the virus' threat, posting on YouTube cheery appearances at doughnut shops and glad-handing with supporters.
Just two countries over, in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, nearly 2,000 bodies have reportedly been collected for burial, some in cardboard caskets. Many were left in the streets for days.
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