Seven months after its first case of the coronavirus, Brazil on Wednesday passed the five million mark. Nearly 150,000 people have died from the virus in Brazil. Meanwhile, concerns of a second wave of the virus are still heightened. But deaths haven’t shot up again, and government statistics show the city’s hospitals are coping well with demand. Unemployment numbers reached a record during the pandemic, with almost 14 million Brazilians looking for jobs, and capital flight more than doubled as foreign investors sought safer havens.

Source: International New York Times October 08, 2020 20:48 UTC