The Brazilian population appears to be giving up on social isolation, even though the curve of coronavirus cases and deaths has shown no convincing signs of decreasing. Using data from Google and Brasil.io, The Brazilian Report carried out a survey on the behavior of the population at this stage of the pandemic, while also showing the spread of the disease in each of Brazil’s 27 states. Millions are going back to work — but the virus continues to spread in most places.
Return to work
Brazil’s first confirmed coronavirus case came on February 26, but it took until March 12 — when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 pandemic — for practical isolation measures to be brought in.
Though the volume of movement of people around workplaces dropped almost immediately after...
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