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Worst Case for Brazil: 1.15 Million Deaths, 188 Million Infected If No Containment Measures Taken

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It is inevitable that the next wave of the pandemic will overwhelm Latin America, the Lancet medical journal alerted on Friday in an editorial. Brazil will be the most affected country and may have up to 1.15 million deaths, according to another study's projections.

The Lancet stresses that a number of governments are still not taking the disease seriously and specifically mentions President Jair Bolsonaro, the only ruler to have his name mentioned - and criticized.

The study "The Global Impact of Covid-19 and Mitigation and Suppression Strategies" by the Imperial College's Covid . . .

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