Unwilling to wait for officials to react, he donned a white suit and set about disinfecting the streets of the Santa Marta slum. Having watched with horror as the virus spread round the world, Firmino, 39, launched a scheme to sanitize the Santa Marta favela. Healthcare is precarious and the question of public hygiene and trash is also precarious.”Around 4,000 people live in Santa Marta, one of Rio’s most iconic favelas. Last month, Reuters reported that gangsters had imposed curfews in some of the city’s slums to fight the spread of the coronavirus. So far, 1,057 people have died from Covid-19 in Brazil, with 19,638 confirmed cases, according to the latest official figures on Friday.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 10, 2020 22:30 UTC