Brazil was to cross an unenviable line on Friday evening that only the United States has reached in the world: that of the million cases of Covid-19. The Latin American giant was also preparing to bury his 50,000th dead in the coming days.
The coronavirus continues to grow uncontrollably in most states in this country of 210 million people. As of Friday morning, the country was nearing 985,000 cases and had nearly 48,000 dead. The health ministry, which had sought to cover up the numbers before backing down, admitted that Brazil had been the country with the highest number of cases in the world in the past three weeks.
However, more and more cities are loosening containment measures, which are already among the least stringent in the world. The metropolis of Sao Paulo, epicenter of the pandemic in Brazil, has already started to reopen its shops, while Rio de Janeiro, the second most affected city, has also started to reopen the centers
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