We look at nations in our hemisphere, from Canada to Argentina, to see which governments are succeeding — and which are not — in keeping coronavirus infections down.
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting countries all over the world, and that includes those closest to the U.S., Mexico and Canada. So now we want to check on how those two countries and others in our hemisphere are handling the coronavirus crisis. We want to know what other governments in this part of the world might be getting right or getting wrong. We have three correspondents on the line with us now - NPR's Carrie Kahn in Mexico City.
But it's the death figures that - which are relatively low are really getting a lot of scrutiny. Four major international outlets yesterday published stories about how grave the undercount of the figures is, The New York Times saying in Mexico City, it could be three times as high. And Mexico's health coronavirus czar, our Dr. Fauci here - he took to Twitter to dispute those reports, and he also questioned why they all came out on the same day.
MARTIN: I want to go now to Brazil. I think, as many people know, President Trump has been accused of downplaying the severity of the crisis, being slow to react. That's also the case in Brazil. Philip Reeves, you've been telling us that President Bolsonaro has been undermining the lockdown measures other officials had put in place. Is this still the case?
And not - you know, this crisis isn't just here, either. In other cities - in Belem, Fortaleza, Sao Luis - in seven of Brazil's 26 states, the health system is close to collapse and either running out of beds or has run out of beds. MARTIN: Carrie Kahn, let me go back to you and ask about some of the other countries that you cover, particularly in the Caribbean. What's the situation there?
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