Dealing with the Pandemic: the Brazilian Case. What Are the Lessons for Ukraine From This?

by Isabela de Andrade Gama^1
1 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/up/8/1
Received: 10 April 2021 / Accepted: 16 May 2021 / Published: 29 May 2021

This research aims to give an overview of what is happening inside Brazil when it comes to the public policies regarding the pandemic. The country ‘s situation is far from ideal, so the second goal is to analyze how Brazil reached such a complicated situation of having around 1500 (this number is higher every day) deaths per day by COVID-19. The case of Brazil is one of the most radical today. Therefore, from the Ukrainian state ‘s perspective, it is justified to thoroughly analyze Brazil ‘s situation in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 to avoid making significant mistakes in the future.

Keywords: Brazil, global pandemic, public policy, SARS-CoV-2 virus, fatal disease, counteracting COVID-19

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