Analysis reveals factors underlying COVID-19 spread in Brazil
For immediate release: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Boston, MA – An overall failure in Brazil to implement prompt, coordinated, and equitable responses fueled COVID-19’s spread in a context of stark local socioeconomic and health care inequalities, according to an analysis from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers analyzed the fast spread of COVID-19 cases and deaths across Brazilian states over a nine-month period in 2020. Factors at play in the swift and uneven spread of disease included disparities in health resources and income, lack of containment measure...
Source: harvard.edu