Brazil is on track to become the newest hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic with more than 300,000 confirmed cases and at least 20,000 deaths from COVID-19. A lack of social distancing mandates and warnings are contributing to the rise. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with New York Times reporter Ernesto Londoño from Rio de Janeiro to learn more.
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- Hari Sreenivasan:As of Friday, Brazil is on track to become the newest hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic with more than 300,000 confirmed cases and at least 20,000 deaths from COVID-19.A lack of social distancing mandates and warnings are contributing to the rise. I recently spoke with New York Times reporter Ernesto Londono from Rio de Janeiro.Ernesto, we’ve been hearing quite a bit about Latin America and how COVID-19 is working its way through South America as well.Where is Brazil at right now in terms of infections, deaths, how people are affected?
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