News from Brasilia 05/18/2020

Coronavirus in Brasilia
4545 confirmed cases, 60 deaths.

If you have been following the numbers, you are probably surprised as me seeing this chart. The increase of the confirmed cases in Brasilia was in several hundreds since Friday.

There are a lot of controversy in Brazil about what the president says, what the Governors do, what health authorities say. Some people defend the vertical isolation, some believe the restrictions should be strict as lockdown so everything could be back to "normal" sooner.
Anyway, it's impossible to deny that the situation in Brazil is alarming! Over 16,000 deaths so far. The updated national chart you can acess here .

Coronavirus in Brazil. source: https://covid.saude.gov.br/ updated in May17th.

In Brasilia use of mask in public spaces is compulsory. Fiscalization is in place and fee for those who disobey is R$2,000. 

photo: Metropoles May 18th 

Clubs are giving discounts in the memberships

Discounts from 20% to 40% are being given since the clubs remain closed. Some members complained that during 2 months no discount was given, but now the montly payment of Iate, for example, has a discount and the amount to pay decreased in R$200,00. 

source: Metropoles May 18th