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May 27, 2020 "Latin America overtook Europe and the United States in the daily number of coronavirus infections reported, numbers that we suspect are even higher than we know. Two of the three countries with the highest number of reported cases have are now in the Americas. There can be no doubt: our region has become the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. " So the director of Paho, WHO Pan-American Health Organization, Carissa Etienne.

"For most countries in the Americas, now is not the time to relax restrictions or reduce prevention strategies. Now is the time to stay strong, be vigilant and aggressively apply proven public health measures", he remarked.

The coronavirus probably arrived in South America in February. Since then, infections have increased dramatically and reached 798,553 cases, surpassing the United States and Europe. The victims of Covid-19 in Latin America are 43,304 instead.