BBCNEWS BBC World News May 18, 2020
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. Brazils coronavirus death toll has risen to more than 16,000 with more than 240,000 cases, making it the fourth worst affected country in terms of confirmed infections. On sunday the mayor of brazils biggest city sao paulo warned the Health System was close to collapse. Earlier we spoke to doctor Marcelo Kalichsztein who is working on coronavirus intensive care wards in rio and asked him how brazil is coping with the rapid rise in cases. Soci...