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Health professionals state the break out in Brazil is still weeks away from its peak.
The health ministry also posted a record number of brand-new cases in the past 24 hours – more than 54,000
The brand-new figure was exposed hours after the World Health Company (WHO) warned that the coronavirus pandemic was getting in a “brand-new and harmful” phase, with its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioning that cases were rising at the very same time as individuals are growing weary of lockdowns and federal governments are seeking to reboot their economies.
However just the US has actually seen more infections than Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro has been heavily criticised for his action to the crisis.