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  • Brazil, the biggest country, Latin America has been hugely affected by the Corona virus pandemic.

  • The health care system here is so close to collapse that they have been converting football stadiums into temporary hospitals.

  • Inside, this one is so follow there are more than 200 beds for patients with cove it 90.

  • As for lockdowns, cities and local authorities have been putting them in place themselves.

  • But the country's president, Jabo so narrow, is against the idea of a national shit down.

  • He says he's worried about the economic impact of such measures.

  • Equilar is, at the moment, the Latin American country harvests hit by the cardinal Ideas outbreak South son off People have died in the province of wires because off the vitals on, because other conditions that couldn't be treated when the health system collapsed, mortuaries and morgues were also overwhelmed on bodies had to wait for days to be collected embodied our nightmare no one wants to see.

  • Replicated in other countries off the region, many economies in Latin America already weak, and Venezuela is the weakest off them all.

  • It's been in a deep economic crisis for years here, while there are not that many official that the health care system is one of the most stretched on badly prepared in the region.

  • Medical centers like these Warner trying to get ready for covered 19 but doctors I spoke with say that there are no where near enough intensive care units.

  • If the virus spreads.

  • The government has put in place a shutdown, but many are worried that it could be a crisis on top of another crisis for Venezuela.

  • In many of these countries, most people live from the informal economy.

  • They buy and sell goods for cash every single day.

  • This street in Colombia's capital normally is full of street vendors, people who are setting things from and Penelas to cell phone cases.

  • But the lock down has practically freezed the informal economy, and these people have no source of income.

  • For 30 say that Loved Out is the only way to avoid health systems collapse.

  • But not in all the parts of Latin America.

  • Has it been closed?

  • Here in Nicaragua, people continue with daily life.

  • The government has ignore messages from public health experts, markets and shops are still open, and sporting depends like baseball are still going on.

  • The Goldman says the economic cost of the shutdown will be too much.

  • But experts are wanting that if the country doesn't take action now, it could see an uncontrolled spread of the virus and he could end in disaster.

Brazil, the biggest country, Latin America has been hugely affected by the Corona virus pandemic.

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