Coronavirus: Brazil headed for catastrophe
By DW
23 May 2020 |
3:44 pm
President Jair Bolsonaro has refused to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously, even though more than 17,500 Brazilians have already died from the virus. And the number of cases continues to grow exponentially.
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