BUENOS AIRES, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. There are several explanations for why in Brazil revealed so many cases COVID-19, in contrast to neighbouring countries, one of them a large number of originally imported cases, according to Professor of the University of são Paulo expert in the field of vaccinology and the study of the fundamentals of infectious diseases Helder Nakaya.
According to the latest data, the number of cases of coronavirus in Brazil is close to a million — it is 955 thousand 377 people died 46 thousand 510 patients.
“There are several explanations for why in Brazil so many cases COVID-19. first, it is a huge country. secondly, it is a hub, the most important country in South America, so it’s understandable the first scenario of outbreak — many imported cases from the USA and Europe,” the scientist told RIA Novosti.
Nakaya noted that there is a political aspect — the President of Brazil does not believe in the seriousness of this disease. Air Bolsonaro actively criticizes regulations limiting trade and services in the United States to combat the spread of coronavirus infection. In March, he said that there was no coronavirus would not be able to break it, and in the background the who declared the pandemic called the disease a “small flu”.
According to the scientist, the quarantine is still the best way to cope with the outbreak. “Local transmission of the virus in Brazil continues in March, and now he gets into a small town. As in other countries, outbreaks began in the big cities, and then the virus starts to move. Brazil is now the epicenter of the outbreak in South America,” said Nakaya.
He noted that while it is difficult to predict when the peak of the disease, in this respect there are different estimates. If it will be in July, the situation will be especially challenging, since the region in this month of winter, usually appear seasonal diseases such as influenza.
