Not only does Brazil boast the fifth-highest death toll in the world now, but yet again the country has posted a record number of new cases – nearly 27,000 in one day.
It’s barrelling towards having half a million overall. If it carries on at this rate, this number is easily achievable in the next couple of days.
But Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains silent on the pandemic.
These past few days he’s been more focused on a Supreme Court investigation looking into allegations of fake news among his supporters – a move that he has said is politically motivated.
