Faced with the increase in the number of people who have died from the new coronavirus in Brazil, Donald Trump has decided to close the borders of the United States to the inhabitants of the country of Jair Bolsonaro. Nicknamed the “tropical Trump”, the Brazilian president continues to minimize the seriousness of the Covid-19, in particular by multiplying the walkabouts.
For once, the President of the United States takes an astonishing new position. While encouraging anti-containment protests during the month of April, Donald Trump decided on May 24 to ban travelers from Brazil from entering the country. “Today’s decision will ensure that foreigners who have been to Brazil do not become a source of additional contamination in our country”can we read in a press release from Kayleigh McEnany, the spokesperson for the American presidency, as reported by AFP, whose 20 minutes echoes.
As a reminder, the United States is the country most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with 97,722 deaths for 1.64 million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Nevertheless, if we relate the number of people who died from the new coronavirus to the overall population of the country, we see that the United States is the ninth country most bereaved by the health crisis since it has 29 deaths. per 100,000 inhabitants, according to our colleagues from CNews. A figure that drops to 10.5 for Brazil (against 42 deaths per 100,000 deaths in France, for example).
Brazil: a balance sheet surely heavier than that announced
It should all the same be remembered that if the country led by Jair Bolsonaro is not among the ten territories most affected by Covid-19 in proportion to their population, the management of the crisis is very strongly criticized there. Indeed, the president is far from promoting barrier gestures and physical distancing, since he was still enjoying a walkabout on May 24, during a rally in front of the presidential palace, in Brasilia.
The “tropical Trump” had already been called to order on March 28, when a federal court had prohibited his government from disseminating messages going against the containment measures put in place at the local level. . The country of the man who calls Covid-19 a “little flu” recorded 1,001 deaths on May 22 alone, the 20,000 mark of which had been exceeded the day before. The toll could actually be heavier, given that Brazil has been slow to implement screening for its population. Indeed, as reported The worldaccording to official data, the number of deaths there would have doubled in just eleven days.
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