COVID-19 surging dangerously in Brazil, WHO Americas branch warns

BRASILIA - The coronavirus is surging "dangerously" across Brazil, the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, warned on Tuesday, urging all Brazilians to adopt preventive measures to stop the spread.

"Unfortunately, the dire situation in Brazil is also affecting neighboring countries," Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), said in a briefing. COVID-19 cases have risen in Venezuela's Bolivar and Amazonas states, and in border regions of Peru and Bolivia, she said.