Beaches in Rio close. Bolsonaro is not convinced
From yesterday, for 10 days, the carioca beaches will be closed in an attempt to stem the dramatic numbers of Covid in Brazil and ease the situation of the intensive care units. The restrictive measure was decided by Governor Claudio Castro, after consultations with President Jair Bolsonaro who, he insists, does not believe in restrictions. Restaurants and bars will remain open until 11pm, but only for take away. Yesterday Brazil recorded 3,650 deaths. “Brazil has become a cemetery,” tweeted leftist leader Guilherme Boulos who asked for a parliamentary question on the president’s handling of the virus.
350 dead in Spain, never so high in three weeks
The incidence rate of the coronavirus in Spain is increasing at an accelerating pace. The number of cases in 14 days per 100 thousand inhabitants is now 134.08. A figure that has been steadily increasing since March 16, when it dropped to the lowest level of the third wave: 127.8. Health Minister Carolina Darias, however, said she was confident: “We only have a little way to go before exiting the tunnel. But we still have to be cautious,” she said. Spain will receive approximately 30 million doses of the vaccine in the second quarter of the year.
.