down the virus because of inaction from government authorities. Brazil's president thinks the coronavirus is a nothingburger and his only action so far is to criticize states and cities that are doing something about it. He even had one of his cabinet ministers who tested positive report back to work after 7 days.

“Even gangs in Brazil have stepped up to stop the spread of coronavirus, imposing curfews. Gangs in Brazil's poorest neighborhoods, favelas, have imposed curfews. In Cidade de Deus (City of God), gangs have stepped up curfew enforcement after the first coronavirus case was reported.

“‘The (drug) traffickers are doing this because the government is absent. The authorities are blind to us,’ one resident told the Guardian.”