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PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text=== South America === {{Main|COVID-19 pandemic in South America}} [[File:(2020.04.17) Higienização entrada estação da CPTM (49784811813).jpg|thumb|Disinfection of public area in [[Itapevi]], Brazil, in April 2020]] The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached South America on 26 February 2020, when Brazil confirmed a case in [[São Paulo]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||url=https://www.as-coa.org/articles/where-coronavirus-latin-america |title=Where Is the Coronavirus in Latin America? | vauthors = orwitz L, Nagovitch P, Sonneland HK, Zissis C |website=AS/COA|access-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322095058/https://www.as-coa.org/articles/where-coronavirus-latin-america|archive-date=22 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> By 3 April, all countries and territories in South America had recorded at least one case.<ref name="Stuff/Fairfax">{{#invoke:cite web ||url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120818001/uncollected-bodies-lie-for-days-in-the-streets-of-ecuador-the-emerging-epicenter-of-the-coronavirus-in-latin-america |title=Uncollected bodies lie for days in the streets of Ecuador the emerging epicentre of the coronavirus in Latin America |publisher= Stuff/Fairfax |date=4 April 2020}}</ref> On 13 May 2020, it was reported that Latin America and the [[Caribbean]] had reported over 400,000 cases of COVID-19 infection with 23,091 deaths. On 22 May 2020, citing the rapid increase of [[COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil|infections in Brazil]], the [[World Health Organization]] WHO declared South America the epicentre of the pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=WHO declares that South America is the new coronavirus epicenter |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/22/coronavirus-update-us/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite web || vauthors = Ward A |title=How South America became a coronavirus epicenter |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/5/26/21270376/south-america-covid-19-coronavirus-brazil-peru-chile |website=Vox |date=26 May 2020 |access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref> As of 16 July 2021, South America had recorded 34,359,631 confirmed cases and 1,047,229 deaths from COVID-19. Due to a shortage of testing and medical facilities, it is believed that the outbreak is far larger than the official numbers show.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Ankel |first1=Sophia |title=How Brazil went from carnival floats to mass graves. Photos show what it's like in the world's latest coronavirus hotspot. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-brazil-emerging-as-new-global-coronavirus-hotspot-2020-5#in-early-april-brazilian-health-officials-confirmed-that-covid- |access-date=31 May 2023 |work=Business Insider}}</ref> The virus was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 25 February 2020,<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||url=https://www.saude.gov.br/noticias/agencia-saude/46435-brasil-confirma-primeiro-caso-de-novo-coronavirus|title=Brasil confirma primeiro caso da doença|date=26 February 2020|publisher=[[Ministry of Health (Brazil)]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306155723/https://www.saude.gov.br/noticias/agencia-saude/46435-brasil-confirma-primeiro-caso-de-novo-coronavirus|archive-date=6 March 2020|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref> when a man from [[São Paulo]] who had traveled to Italy tested positive for the virus.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||last1=Oliveira |first1=Elida |last2=Ortiz |first2=Brenda |title=Ministério da Saúde confirma primeiro caso de coronavírus no Brasil |url=https://g1.globo.com/ciencia-e-saude/noticia/2020/02/26/ministerio-da-saude-fala-sobre-caso-possivel-paciente-com-coronavirus.ghtml |access-date=31 May 2023 |work=G1 |date=26 February 2020 |language=pt-br}}</ref> The disease had spread to every [[Federative units of Brazil|federative unit of Brazil]] by 21 March. On 19 June 2020, the country reported its one millionth case and nearly 49,000 reported deaths.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news|| vauthors = Charner F |date=19 June 2020|title=Brazil tops 1 million Covid-19 cases. It may pass the US next, becoming the worst-hit country on the planet|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/americas/brazil-one-million-coronavirus-jair-bolsonaro-cases-intl/index.html|access-date=19 June 2020|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Painel Coronavírus|url=https://covid.saude.gov.br/|access-date=12 June 2020|website=}}</ref> One estimate of [[Under-reporting#Disease|under-reporting]] was 22.62% of total reported COVID-19 mortality in 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:cite journal || vauthors = Kupek E | title = How many more? Under-reporting of the COVID-19 deaths in Brazil in 2020 | journal = Tropical Medicine & International Health | volume = 26 | issue = 9 | pages = 1019–1028 | date = September 2021 | pmid = 34008266 | pmc = 8242696 | doi = 10.1111/tmi.13628 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite journal || vauthors = Ibrahim NK | title = Epidemiologic surveillance for controlling Covid-19 pandemic: types, challenges and implications | journal = Journal of Infection and Public Health | volume = 13 | issue = 11 | pages = 1630–1638 | date = November 2020 | pmid = 32855090 | pmc = 7441991 | doi = 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.07.019 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite journal || vauthors = Santos AM, Souza BF, Carvalho CA, Campos MA, Oliveira BL, Diniz EM, Branco MD, Queiroz RC, Carvalho VA, Araújo WR, Silva AA | title = Excess deaths from all causes and by COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020 | journal = Revista de Saúde Pública | volume = 55 | page = 71 | date = 2021 | pmid = 34730751 | pmc = 8522736 | doi = 10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055004137 }}</ref> As of {{COVID-19 data/Date|format=d F Y}}, Brazil, with {{COVID-19 data/Text|BR|cases}} confirmed cases and {{COVID-19 data/Text|BR|deaths}} deaths, has the third-highest number of confirmed cases and second-highest death toll from COVID-19 in the world, behind only [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|those of the United States]] and [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|India]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite web ||title=Brazil "falls" to third place among covid-19 affected countries behind the U.S. and now India |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2021/04/12/brazil-falls-to-third-place-among-covid-19-affected-countries-behind-the-u.s.-and-now-india |website=MercoPress |access-date=5 September 2022 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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