Brazil the biggest country in Latin
America has been hugely affected by the
corona virus pandemic the healthcare
system here is so close to collapse that
they have been converting football
stadiums into temporary hospitals inside
this one in Sao Paulo there are more
than 200 beds for patients with kovat 90
as for lockdowns
cities and local authorities have been
putting them in place themselves but the
country's president je boson ro is
against the idea of a national shut down
he says he's worried about the economic
impact of such measures Ecuador is at
the moment the Latin American country
hardest hit by the corona virus outbreak
thousand of people have died in the
province of wires because of the virus
and because other condition that
couldn't be treated when the Health
System collapse more tourists and
morgues were also overwhelmed and bodies
had to wait for days to be collected
embodied nightmare no one wants to see
replicated in other countries of the
region many economies in Latin America
are already weak and Venezuela is the
weakest of them all it's been in a deep
economic crisis for years here while
there are not that many official deaths
the health care system is one of the
most stretched and badly prepared in
regional medical centers like this one
are trying to get ready for coffee 19
but doctors I spoke with say that there
are nowhere near enough intensive care
units if the virus spreads the
government has put in place a shutdown
but many are worried that it could be a
crisis on top of another crisis for
Venezuela in many of these countries
most people live from the informal
economy they buy and sell goods for cash
every single day this treat in
Colombia's capital bubble done normally
is full of street vendors people who are
selling things from empanadas to
cellphone cases but the lockdown has
practically freezed the informal economy
and these people have no source of
income where authorities say that the
lockdown is the only
way to avoid the health systems collapse
but not in all the part of Latin America
has it been closed here in Krag WA
people continue with daily life
the government has ignore messages from
public health experts markets and shops
are still open in sporting events like
baseball are still going on the
government says the economic cause of
the shutdown will be too much but
experts are warning that if the country
doesn't take action now it could see an
uncontrolled spread of the virus and it
could end in disaster