Rio de Janeiro has recorded more deaths than births for six consecutive months | abroad

Brazil has been hit hard by the Corona pandemic. New, more contagious variants have emerged, causing the numbers to spike. The fact that some people don’t take it seriously when it comes to respecting social distancing hasn’t helped either. Governments are struggling to control the epidemic in the country. This can also be seen in the negative relationship between birth and death rates.

According to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, 77,515 people died from Covid-19 in Brazil in the last month. During the same period, the country recorded more than 2 million new cases. Of the 26 Brazilian states and one federal region, only three have so far reached an occupancy rate of 80 percent or more in hospital intensive care units.

The vaccination campaign has also been slow in Brazil. 21.1 million of the 210 million Brazilians have received at least one injection. At least 1.5 million of them have already been given a second injection, but they are still waiting for it.

President Jair Bolsonaro has come under fire for his unfortunate approach to the Coronavirus in his country. He caught the virus himself, but he always kept reducing his risk. He called it “the flu”. He believes in vaccines and recently contacted Russia about a potential deal on a SputnikV vaccine. At the same time, he continues to insist that the economy should take precedence over the stringent coronavirus measures. Just last week, he said he would never accept a national lockdown to contain the virus. “In which country in the world have there been no deaths?” “Unfortunately, people are dying everywhere,” Bolsonaro said.