Brazil: Death toll from coronavirus up 20% in one day

[Judi Lynn]

Some states and cities have implemented selective lockdown measures

Published in 08/04/2020 - 11:58 By Jonas Valente - Brasília
The number of deaths from COVID-19 in Brazil has reached 667, as per the latest official figures released Tuesday (Apr. 7). The figure is up 20 percent from the day before, when the amount stood at 553.

Data also show that 173 people who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 were discharged from their beds or the intensive care unit in the last 24 hours. This is the first time the number of recovered patients is published.

Social distancing
In his daily press conference Tuesday (7), joined by experts from a number of fields in the government, Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta argued for new recommendations, which include selective lockdown measures in case certain conditions are observed. He said such recommendations were requested by state governors, after which the ministry offered a set of criteria.

“We’re not talking about reopening everything. If I have half of beds available, it’s reasonable to have life start going back to normal. We can’t have agglomerations, and think that everywhere is the same. But, of course, in certain situations, places, depending on the epidemiological context, managers may establish total lockdown,” said Wanderson de Oliveira, the government’s secretary for health surveillance.

More:
https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/saude/noticia/2020-04/brazil-death-toll-coronavirus-20-one-day

[Mike 03]

1. Brazilians are fighting back against their unstable leader.

Bolsonaro's polling is in the toilet. Wish our polls looked like theirs. Brazilians are ignoring their president and heckling him in the streets wherever he goes, banging pots and pans.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Sounds like a beautiful dream from here! I hope they can flush him, somehow.