The Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil
Submitted by ScienceTeacher on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 8:09pmBrazil is facing a serious wave of Covid-19 cases this month. In early March the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro insisted that Covid-19 is just a “gripezinha” (a little flu). He claimed that warnings about the serious risks of the pandemic were fake news and posted advice about using an unproven antiviral medicine on social media.