Coronavirus outbreak: Brazil reports spike in cases as ministers test positive

Coronavirus cases in Brazil have spiked rapidly in last 36 hours with a top minister in government testing positive for disease. Senate President Davi Alcolumbre on March 19 confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Davi Alcolumbre through a tweet informed that after testing negative in his first examination he tested again on March 18 and results came out to be positive. Davi has placed himself under self-isolation at his home as vised by Ministry of Health in Brazil.

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on March 17 also underwent a second test for coronavirus after he tested negative for first one on March 13. second test came after it was discovered that Jair Bolsonaro h come in contact with people who have contracted virus. Brazil on March 17 recorded its first coronavirus fatality after health authorities in Sao Paulo anunced that a 62-year-old man with underlying medical conditions h succumbed to his death at a city hospital. 

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city of Sao Paulo and state of Rio de Janeiro anunced a state of emergency and shut down all public places. Two of Rio's main tourist attractions, Christ Redeemer statue and cable car to Sugarloaf Mountain also shut down in order to prevent spre of virus, mayor Bru Covas told reporters. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

According to reports, re are currently 523 active cases in Brazil, of which 18 remain under critical condition, while 2 have been treated successfully. Brazil has so far logged in 529 coronavirus cases, which till Yesterday was 343, an increase of whopping 54 per cent. As per data, so far four people have lost ir lives in largest country in South America. 

COVID-19 has claimed more than 8,900 lives across world and has infected over 2,19,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Italy, Iran and Spain are most affected countries outside mainland China, where, as of March 17 combined death toll stands at 4,751. 

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