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Imported by the rich, coronavirus now devastating Brazil’s poor

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Imported by the Brazilian elite vacationing in Europe, the new coronavirus is now ravaging the country’s poor, ripping through tightly-packed neighborhoods where the disease is harder to control. …

[however, over behind the curtain..]

Residents in Brasilandia, a poor district at the north end of Sao Paulo with the highest coronavirus death toll in the city, told Reuters that bars were still crowded and open-air dance parties attracted thousands of revelers on the weekends. …

...William de Oliveira, a community leader in Rio’s poor hillside neighborhood of Rocinha, can rattle off the names of several friends killed by the virus. Yet it was clear on Wednesday that life continued more or less as usual, with shops and bars bustling,

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-poor/imported-by-the-rich-coronavirus-now-devastating-brazils-poor-idUSKBN22D549


602 posted on 05/02/2020 8:10:44 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: blueplum

LONDON

UK could allow primary schools to reopen as soon as June 1: Telegraph

Johnson is expected to unveil the government’s “roadmap” out of the coronavirus lockdown in an address to the nation next Sunday, the newspaper said
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The Sunday Times said that the government will only tweak the lockdown this week, encouraging building sites to reopen, relaxing rules on outdoor activities and urging people to cover their faces on public transport.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-lockdown/uk-could-allow-primary-schools-to-reopen-as-soon-as-june-1-telegraph-idUSKBN22E0TP

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IRELAND

Factbox: Ireland’s plan to gradually ease coronavirus lockdown

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ireland-plan-factb/factbox-irelands-plan-to-gradually-ease-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN22D66M

Phase One - elderly can poke their heads out their windows for some fresh air. Open-air occupations may return to work

Phase two - open small businesses w/social distancing. Open libraries. Elderly can poke their heads out their windows.

Phase three - Open non-essential businesses/restaurants w/social distancing. Return to work. Elderly can still poke their heads out their windows.

Phase four - sports, motels, daycares, museums. No mention of elderly people. Did anyone ask about them?

Phase five - close contact sports/ international vacations, return to work and back to school all levels. Did anyone feed the elderly people?


609 posted on 05/02/2020 8:43:58 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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