BRAZIL
US weighs restricting travel from Brazil amid fears it may be next coronavirus hot spot
Asked about the growing death toll, Brazil’s president said, “So what?”
“...With 5,466 killed by COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, Brazil’s death toll has now surpassed that of China, where cases first exploded. It has the second highest number of cases in the Western Hemisphere, behind only the U.S., although its total is likely much higher given a shortage of testing.”
DEADLY VENTILATORS
British Doctors Say Ventilators From China Could Kill Coronavirus Patients
The ventilators received from China, the Shangrila 510 model, were built by one of the country’s major ventilator manufacturers, Beijing Aeonmed Co. Ltd. The manufacturer could not be reached for comment.
The letter detailed serious concerns over the “basic” quality of the ventilators, calling the oxygen supply “variable and unreliable.” The doctors said that the machines are also unfamiliar to British doctors and were built for ambulance use, rather than hospital use.
“.... At a press briefing this past Sunday, Li Xingqian, China’s director of the Commerce of Ministry’s foreign trade department, said 74 countries and six international organizations had signed 192 contracts for Chinese medical supplies.”