Brazil Poor areas in Sao Paulo more than 30% positive New Corona July 18 11:29
In South America Brazil, where the infection with the new coronavirus is spreading rapidly, an intensive examination was conducted in the largest city of Sao Paulo on the residents of poor areas where the situation was particularly serious. Positive confirmed.
In Brazil, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus exceeds 2 million, making it the second largest in the world after the United States.
The situation is particularly serious in the poor areas called “favela” scattered throughout Brazil, but it is difficult to understand the actual situation because there are few people to be inspected because of the cost burden.
Against this backdrop, the largest city with the highest number of infected people, São Paulo, has led the provincial government to conduct intensive free inspections of the favela residents from this week.
The inspections were conducted at facilities in the park, and after visiting the people, their names were registered and they were examined by collecting saliva.
By the state, according to the state government, approximately 800 people, one in three out of 2500 tested, were positive.
In the poor areas, many people live in small houses in what is called a "three-dense" state, and the provincial government is calling on those who have been found to be treated and to take isolation measures.