The number of coronavirus infections in Brazil has risen to more than 200,000, while it registered a daily record of 13,944 new cases on Thursday.
But President Jair Bolsonaro continues to push state governors to ease lockdowns and open the economy.
In the region, Argentina is slowly lifting its lockdown but Peru is reeling from a rising number of infections despite imposing movement curbs.
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Lockdowns have to be eased somehow since most countries are facing drop in their economic activities.
If you want to kill people millions of people, then yes, ease the lockdowns now.
If you don’t want people to die while we wait for a vaccine, then subsidies and welfare are needed.
It’s about getting the timing right. Lockdowns should be lifted gradually and only when the virus’ reproduction rate is well below zero, and a credible testing and contact tracing system is in place.
Why so many idiots get elected!!
@Carlos0Grande1 or else what r u going to do 😂😂?
@Tounsi Master Race
I will congratulate you.
They use Propaganda to fool people.
Don’t talk about our idiot pm modi
they said, the fools doesn’t catch cold…
My family is from Iquitos. I already lost 20% of my family and 40% are sick with covid 19. My mom loses a friend and family member everyday. My uncle was taken to canatary (catholic ran hospital) and then kicked out in the middle of the night by the Peruvian government because the catholic priest was doing a good job at saving lives and controlling the infection. So the government took over to put rich Peruvians from Iquitos there so they don’t die in the hospitals like the rest of the population. It’s crazy cause the priest was accepting everyone he didn’t care who came. My uncle was taken to a school in the middle of the night to lay down on the floor next to a huge windows with no glass. He didn’t even get treatment or food. It’s stupid considering this virus affects your lungs. Many left the next day to die or survive at home. My uncle is still bad but he survived the worse. Now we hope he can get better. The Peruvian government of Iquitos is disgusting moving sick people in the middle of the night just so the rich can get treatment.
Such a sad situation. My condolences. People need to realise they have the power to kick these scumbags out of power. They need to know that they are elected individuals.
Why not overthrow this criminal regime?
@David Gibson Peru and US are strategic partners. Does is say anything to you?
@David Gibson how can you over throw when they falsify votes. I mean the last president was kicked out for the whole Brazilian scandal. The people just don’t believe anymore. They know who ever they vote for will leave them broke. Iquitos Peru made $40 million last year in taxes from oil and timber companies but yet don’t even have a functioning hospital. It’s too corrupt. The ex president Alan Garcia was kicked out years ago for stealing money from Peru and was later re-elected as president years later. It’s the ignorance mostly. The sad part is that Peru can become powerful. Peru has a lot of important resources that many countries use. But sadly the corruption is too big to control.
I’m so sorry to hear this. Hang in there. God bless you and your family
Bolsonaro is Trump on steroids.
They’re equally as stupid and psychotic.
He is Trump if Trump gets a second term.
Wow, he is worse than Trump.
😄🤣🤣🤣
Bolsonaro is sacrificing the lives of his people for his fanaticism.
He orders the people to work, but he does not support them, he does not protect them.
The people must rise up against Bolsonaro or more will die.
It’s time the world should boycott China.
The world gave China a Chance to rise, China paid back by killing innocents.
Morning Rays it’s end of western dominance and Chinese world leadership
West gave you the chance to make you a great country by bringing knowledge and capital, China thanked the world by killing innocents.
West economically and militarily is still by far stronger than China; Just pray they do not decide to wipe you out either way.
India can easily replace China as cheaper labor and better market.
Don’t think you are Chinese you are smarter and stronger than the rest of the world.
“This is New World Order!”
Morning Rays are you still asleep? You never chose to allow China arise or not,
This is destiny, the western world is far too small to even prevent it from happening,
Let alone your pathetic media and ideological control to mask the real China…
Do all you can to paint whatever image on China, my China will show you the real color
@Morning Rays 君子报仇十年不晚😉✌️
It’s because of your president, remember he join a rally of anti lockdown.
“It is fine”
….
But why you guys wear masker? 🤭
Because my Friend have a bad breath
Someone needs to get close to him or put the virus 🦠 into his food 🥘 and when he gets sick 🤒 just ignore him, tell him don’t worry 😉 it will pass take an aspirin and go to bed.
BRAZIL PRIORITIES MONEY OVER LIFE.
LIFE is CHEAP in BRAZIL,
MONEY is THEIR god.
HOPE THEY WILL NOT BLOW UP CHURCHES , God’s SHRINE .
What HAS HAPPENED , BRAZIL?
SO SAD.☹
Brasil não esta preparado para sustentar milhoes de pessoas por meses , sofremos no passado saques dos nossos cofres publicos por governos anteriores , corrupçao, desvio de verba e superfaturamento , o desemprego chegou a 14 mi , a reserva publica não se compara com outros países , não somos escravos do dinheiro mas temos uma previsão de que a segunda onda crise do Brasil sera a miséria
But the people themselves should use their common sense and stay home, you dont have to listen to the president?
In Brazil staying home is just possible for the rich. Normal people in Brazil usually live under debt and obligations. Even in China people are allowed to get sick and stay home without losing a job. In Brazil for every filled position there’s 10 people qualified to take it if you blink an eye. You’re allowed to call a sick day but then the boss will find some other way to get rid of you and may also share info with future employers so people never ever call sick. Most people infected with corona don’t really get sick, it’s the unlucky 20-30% that need to go to the hospital that do, so the people with a little cough and mild fever (the remaining 70%) keep on infecting everyone else at the job and believing the president that they should keep on working to save the economy
They need to learn from America
Government needs to cut their salaries and donate it to the people in need. Stop playing with peoples lives and start helping small businesses with less taxes and more incentives to protect jobs. This is a shame!
Brazilian people “Stop” electing these devils to the Presidency! We are already dealing with one here in America:(
Mucho Macho Man Bolsonaro is a right wing fascist I’m afraid. I always wanted to visit Brazil cause I hear the beaches are beautiful but as long as he’s in power I will pass & personally boycott to show solidarity with the good ever suffering Brazilian people.
Estamos em uma guerra política , aqui no Brasil temos um supremo tribunal Federal que atropela o poder executivo . A mídia e a oposição quer derrubar o governo através de fake news , governadores ordenando toque de recolher , medidas de ditadura sendo aplicadas silenciosamente , estamos evitando a implantação de governos comunistas .
@Fla Souza O mundo real não é dividido entre direita e esquerda. Em muitos casos não são os governadores que ordenam pois temem a reeleição, mas sim Juízes que não estão sobre a mesma pressão. O virus não atinge os estados da mesma forma, então faz sentido a autonomia estadual. Medidas de ditadura comparaveis com a ordem de permanecer 10 dias consecutivos em casa???
Vamos lá, trabalhar e se infectar pelo Bolsonaro, pelo amor à pátria e economia!!! Sim! E com a mesma medida vamos eliminar os velhinhos e beneficientes mamando da teta, só assim salvamos os buracos negros da aposentadoria & previdência social…. muito bem 👏👏👏 Não tem guerra nenhuma, só um chefe de tribo sem medidas porem com uma linha política bem clara e compreensível.
@Danjimaru A guerra política existe a anos e partidos políticos descentralizados correspondem os territorialistas que por através disputas eleitorais ganha quem o povo achar favorável . O sistema governamental usando Estratégia tecnológicas manipulação de votos e índices de pesquisas juntamente com algumas mídias aliados partidários manipulam em assa através dos meios de comunicação tv aberta .
Muitas coisas acontecem diariamente , muitas coisas .
Cada hora uma novidade que após alguns instantes essa novidade tem relação com situações anteriormente já debatida e quando percebemos e juntamos o quebra cabeça , é revelado uma estratégia entre partidos políticos na briga pelo poder.
Os acontecimentos atuais torna se planos secretos para a derrubada de um partido democrático de direita para uma possível ingresso do comunismo socialista
@Neyou xd He doesn’t hate Brazil. He hates Bolsonaro. And Bolsonaro is a fascist.
I have wonderful Brazilian/American friends who live in America & I would love to visit Brazil again one day soon but I just don’t like Military Dictatorships & Fascists to clarify things!
Bolsonaro should contract it to show people he isn’t afraid to put his money where his mouth is.
No one speaks ill of our stupid president and militia chief!
God save the world
Name me a country who has done really well against C19 ?
China, Korea, Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia……
Turkey…
South Korea look it up don’t be an idiot.
South korea.
I’m from India and honestly we are far better than a lot of countries! But we are yet to see the worst! God knows what will happen when lockdown gets relaxed next month!
No one else to be blamed but Brazilians themselves,they’re too narcissistic.
Sooner or later Brazil will be isolated from the world because their president.
Its cuz of thier economic nothing to do with their narcissistic personality.
Great! Now a country that has always been seen as friendly and open to all is starting to be perceived as narcissistic. Thanks, Bolsonaro, and also thanks to the 27% of Brazilians who support him!
Those who vote fot American stooge boresrnaro will now feel the consequences
Exactly
They just dont care about any bad thing happening to others if it doesnt affect them directly.
“…just a little flu…” but he wears a mask.
1,811,658 recovered, 313,216 deaths, 2,550,375 in mild condition, 44,828 in serious/critical condition. yeah, it seems like a little flu
Don’t worry people “It will magically go away”. -Trump
“It’s like a miracle” 😂😂
Well, I suppose the strategy is that there will be less poor people and people to complain some months down the line – by natural selection …
This President is more mortal then Coronavirus itself.
Hello, I’m from Brazil and it seems that he doesn’t care much for this country …
That is a understatement this man is a cold callous monster,who definately does not care about any of you !!!
Brazil president is an idiot
Trinidad
plz lockdown stickly in brazil….because i love brazil by footbal …i,m from south asia . I think there is lose in lock down…..plz use 4T
means
1.testing
2.tracing
3.take isolation
4.tratment
i love the brazilian footbal …god bless to you . first save the life ..i think president of brazil is going in wrong decision.
Are you from Delhi? Isn’t that Delhi which announced the 4T’s?
@கசட தபர …………………………where are you now . if you are brazil take care …
@rajesh pandit lol i’m from India😂
Bolsonaro is an idiot. Poor Brazilians are screwed because of this guy.
Idiota é tua mãe quê te cagou!!!!.
He must be auditioning for a position in the trump Administration
bOZONARO LIXOOOOOOO 🤢🤢🤮🤮
Truly God bless the lady who is looking after that young boy sooooooo sad sending you loving thoughts
i predicted brazil would be 2nd place in CV deaths, only surpassed by china. 10 people live in 1 tiny apartment. Shutdown might save 10K lives,,but the economic fallout each day from a shut down will mean 2x’s more daeths from poverty. Better open all economy and let the weak/old die so the healthy can live.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
@Banu T They only followed Bolsanaro because he wasn’t Lula and the Jet Leaks revealed they wanted him gone so Bolsanaro could win.
Look in to the link between Covid 19 and flu shots.
Well. Many will die. Some will live.
The later you act. The harder it will get. I am afraid at this point. It is too late for Brazil.
Part II these tourists pay no attention to the fact that the poor are in such straights ,like I say they are blinded by the callousness of youth,their only to party,get laid,drink and drug. They think the whole country is a giant 24 hour party,which is true in some of the semi safe tourist havens
Nothing is stupider than an American rich college student in a third world country,what they are seeing is just the outer garment of a country
Brazil is following USA in Coronavirus response.
They are letting their people die.
Bolsonaro should die with Coronavirus also.
Great Jair Bolsonaro
I Love you JB
poor Brazil, they have an absent minded leader…….
In Morocco which is developing country like Brazil, we have only 190 deaths in total and only 6652 cases in total, but we locked down whole country in 19March and the military plus police were dispatched in the whole country to control people and also impose masks in public. Why ? because we don’t have enough hospitals capacity to contain a huge wave of cases. Each poor family (about 5millions persons) will get little small money 120$ each month to ensure surviving. Even if economy will become bad but people can make rise again but we will never rise the dead to become alive.
You cannot compare Morocco, a country of 30 million to Brazil, a country of 250 million
@Tounsi Master Race I love Brazilians people because they are socially and economically like us moroccans, that’s why more strict measures should have been taken in Brazil because there are more people that are vulnerable unless there is a plan to kill old innocent people with clear intention.
@Med Medin what does your reply has to do with my answer?
@Tounsi Master Race What about India?
Bolsonaro is even worse than Trump.
Shut up brainwashed
@Gorilla Crazy I sounds like you are a deplorable.
I am Brazilian, and this president is the worst in our history, he fired two ministers of health in the middle of a pandemic. He makes fun of the dead, he delays emergency aid for workers and seeks at all times to attack those who are working to save Brazil. This president must be removed immediately, or he will make Brazil a threat to global health.
I’m living in Brazil. Although I can agree on some points because the Political matters are endangering this country. The Brazilian people are no better. You know what I mean when I say this. It’s not being racist but it is the truth.
They complain and complain but they’re completely divided and treat politics like religion. Brazilian people do not have unity.
This wouldn’t have happened if the leftist parties weren’t targeted for corruption as seen in the Jet Leaks.
The President is doing the right thing. If he takes further action to curtail an annual Flu virus Outbreak then that can mean damaging the Economy. This hoax virus is nothing compared to what humans do to each other every year. Last year Brazil’s Murder rate was a little over 41,000 and the years before that averaged 60,000 annually. The corona virus is just a scam to distract the sheep from the fact that we are living in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. In short this man and his advisors stated that they are trying to prevent Civil Unrest or even a Civil war from taking place due to a strained economy.
@This World Is An Illusion, So ask yourself these questions. If your Government did not care about you back then, why do you believe that they care now? The world was not locked down in 2009 when swine flu became a pandemic. So why do it now when the world economy is in the worst state since the great depression? Listen I rest my case, just dont be a victim to a 5.56 Nato round.
@Xavier Fuller I say it should care. Of course Bolsonazi’s won’t care, he wants people to die and his fantards bow to him even with that.
Just because it didn’t do it back then, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t do it now, as time passes one is supposed to get stronger/smarter/etc, but society struggles with that due to it’s low adaptability and love for fanatism, for examples…
@This World Is An Illusion, Be careful what you wish for and just understand that a lockdown takes away all your constitutional rights. And by the way it will also be enforced by 5.56 Nato rounds. I rest my case.
@Xavier Fuller It takes away multiple possibilities to get a virus that could kill someone.
@Xavier Fuller Such a scam, killing so many people and making so many hospitals full.
What’s next? The Moon is bigger than the Sun?
Survival of the fittest. Rules are the same for humans also.
Covid19 pandemia fake, o Brasil precisa trabalhar, Bolsonaro the best president of historic of Brazil.
Brazillians are killed by their OWN president using Covid19 virus
Bolsonazi did say some 300.000 innocents should die…
Trump of brazil
Sucks for those who died. Thank God im still alive
Bolsanaro.. Mass murder
The amount of deaths from a dead economy will also be stunning.
Yea..dead by economy 0 vs covid 308,000…use your common sense
@azmanajang look at how many people die in a declining economy from depression, suicide, poor health outcomes due to lack of resourses, lower life expectancy due to lack of resourses and then you put onto the balance of how many will die from Covid19.
It is very easy to tip the balance on this and end up with many, many more deaths from an economy that fails. I have experienced this once in my life in Zimbabwe. Now I am older and am in a good position to face this economic fall out, but I am alarmed to see the worst global recession/ depression in a life time and leaders who are not able to communicate the dangers of a damaged economy to their citizens.
Who would’ve thought they would even overtake us Italians! But, then again, when your infections keep soaring by 10K+ a day, I guess it’s bound to happen… I’m actually surprised a relatively poor South American country even has the funds to perform this many tests on a daily basis… maybe, if its neighbors did the same, there would be many “Brazils” in Latin America
Brazil isnt a poor country lol
@Choustin S. Sure, whatever you say. It’s basically like Switzerland or Norway lol
Poors countries are Chad Moldova Afghanistan Myanmar Mali Sierra Leone
president of brazil is wrong…..
Bolsonaro claims hes so healthy that he will not get infected by COVID but he is now wearing MASK
He is a verified compulsory liar, that’s why.
Brazil’s president and trump were separated at birth long lost brothers same mum different dads
Is Brazilian president a right-wing politician ?
Fine I am yes
@arti yadav president in Brasil? 👊👊👊👎👎👎👺👹from Brasil
Thanks china.
The President’s new pension plan.
[PT] Sou brasileiro e lhes digo: temos o pior presidente do mundo. O Brasil é melhor e maior que este inepto que preside o Brasil. Ele deverá sofrer impeachment ainda neste ano. Força e meus sentimentos a todos que perderam seus entes queridos nesta pandemia.
[EN] I’m Brazilian and I tell you: we have the worst president in the world. Brazil is better and bigger than this inept that presides over Brazil. He is expected to undergo impeachment later this year. Strength and my feelings to everyone who lost loved ones in this pandemic.
Las personas enfermas o ancianos son muy caros para un gobierno, el covid19 es la solution
Brazils president is using corona for population control. It’s obvious
Great idea.
This is called Military Bravery. Ignoring Death While On a March to Extinction.
Bolsenaro like Narendra Modi like Trump is an enemy of the people. Of humanity consequently.
Bolsonaro the growing horde of Evangelical protestants in Brazil are to blame for downplaying the severity of COVID-19 and are getting people sick and die. Idiots like them shouldn’t be praised, and yet the Evangelicals are about to replace Catholics as the country’s dominant religion. A grave loss for human life.
Wear a mask you dumb reporter
God bless 🙏 all the body..
All right! Check out the obelisk! These Luciferians must imagine they’re fooling somebody…
If mothers & father dies children orphans
The president does not care about the poors.