COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
| COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil | |
|---|---|
 Cases per 100,000 residents by state | |
 Map of states with confirmed coronavirus cases (as of 2 June) | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Brazil |
| First outbreak | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Index case | São Paulo |
| Arrival date | 26 February 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 1 week and 5 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 867,624[1] |
| Recovered | 388,492[1] |
Deaths | 43,332[1] |
| Government website | |
| coronavirus | |
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 25 February 2020,[2] when a man from São Paulo tested positive for the virus.
As of 13 May 2020, 188,974 cases have been confirmed in the country, causing 13,149 deaths.[1][3]
Background
[change | change source]On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a new coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[4][5]
Cases
[change | change source]On 17 March, Brazil's first coronavirus-related death was confirmed.[6] At this time, there were 291 confirmed cases in the country.[7] Three days later, State health departments reported almost a thousand confirmed cases across 23 of 26 states and also in the Federal District.[8]
A month after the first confirmed case on February 26, the Ministry of Health reported that Brazil had 2,915 confirmed cases and 77 deaths.[9] On 30 April, Brazil overtook China in number of confirmed cases, passing 87,000.[10]
Government responses
[change | change source]The pandemic has caused a large difference of responses from federal, state and local governments. On 27 March Brazil announced a temporary ban on foreign air travelers,[11] and most state governors have added quarantines to prevent the spread of the virus.[12]
Criticism of Bolsonaro's response
[change | change source]Despite the global impact of the virus and guidelines from the World Health Organization, President Jair Bolsonaro says that the risk caused by coronavirus has been exaggerated.[13] State governors have disagreed, causing lockdowns measures in their own states.[14]
On 13 March, President Jair Bolsonaro tested negative for COVID-19.[15][16] The same day, the Ministry of Health issued a warning recommending Brazilians and foreigners arriving in Brazil to stay in isolation for at least 7 days.[17]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Painel Coronavírus". Ministry of Health (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ↑ "Brasil confirma primeiro caso da doença". Ministerio da Saude. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Casos de coronavírus e número de mortes no Brasil em 28 de abril". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "São Paulo registra primeira morte por coronavírus". Folha de S.Paulo. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "Notificação de casos de doença pelo coronavírus 2019 (COVID-19) – Plataforma Integrada de Vigilância em Saúde – Ministério da Saúde". 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Casos de coronavírus no Brasil em 20 de março". G1. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ↑ "Mortes no Brasil por coronavírus sobem 19% em um dia e chegam a 92". Archived from the original on 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ "Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Dashboard".
- ↑ Pedro Fonseca; Jamie McGeever (28 March 2020). "Coronavirus: Brazil bans foreign air travelers". The Mercury News. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "Brazil reports more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths". BBC News. BBC. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "Jair Bolsonaro claims Brazilians 'never catch anything' as Covid-19 cases rise". The Guardian. 27 May 2020.
- ↑ "Brazil virus spread 'threatens Paraguay's success'". BBC News. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ↑ "Coronavírus: Bolsonaro testa negativo para covid-19". UOL. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Negative for Coronavirus". Time. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "Ministério da Saúde recomenda que viajante internacional fique em casa por 7 dias ao chegar ao Brasil". G1. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.