'A biological Fukushima': Brazil COVID-19 deaths on track to pass worst of US wave

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast, with fatalities climbing for the first time above 4,000 in a day on Tuesday as the outbreak overwhelms hospitals.

On Tuesday, the Health Ministry reported another 4,195 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, well above the country's prior single-day record. Brazil has set daily death records every week since late February, as a more contagious local variant and meagre social distancing efforts fuel an uncontrolled outbreak.

Despite the recent surge, Brazilian officials are insistent that the country can soon return to something resembling business as usual. With weak measures failing to combat contagion, Brazil's COVID-19 cases and deaths are accumulating faster than ever.

If they must use the figure of speech to describe Wuhan virus pandemic, “biological Chernobyl” should be more appropriate.

Self inflicted

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