Health system on the verge of collapse • The country may be ranked in the world for the first time in mortality in the future • However, President Bolsonero opposes closure • Epidemiological: "The situation is terrible"
A hospital in Rio de Janeiro
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The corona continues to hit Brazil, with more than 4,000 deaths recorded for the first time in the past day.
The number of people diagnosed with the virus was 86,979.
The reason for the increase in morbidity - the mutation identified in the country, which is considered more contagious than the usual strain.
The health care system is on the verge of collapse, with hospitals in different parts of the country not coping with the load.
Experts predict that Brazil may in the future be ranked number one in the world in the number of deaths and thus overtake the United States, even though its population is significantly smaller than it is.
All this does not prevent Brazilian President Jair Bolsonero from continuing to oppose the imposition of a closure as a means of curbing the outbreak of the disease.
This is because he claims the damage to the economy will be worse than the effects of the virus itself.
He even tried to repeal some of the local restrictions imposed.
Epidemiologist Ethel Masial told AFP that Brazil is in a "terrible situation."
"At the rate at which we are storing, the only way to slow down the extremely rapid spread of the virus is an effective closure for a period of at least 20 days," she said.
Brazilian physician and researcher Miguel Nicollis of Duke University called the situation a "nuclear reactor out of control, a biological Fukushima."
