Inmates at Puraquequara's prison are seen on the roof with a prison worker as a hostage during a riot following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manuas, Brazil, May 2, 2020.
A worker of the Funeral SOS, wearing protective clothing, prepares to remove the body of Antonio Freitas, at his house, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Tancredo Neves neighborhood in Manaus, Brazil May 7, 2020.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a field hospital set up to treat patients suffering from the disease (COVID-19) in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, May 12, 2020.
Workers of a funeral parlour, wearing protective clothing, place in a casket the body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, that was laying on a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to the residents, the body took about 30 hours to be removed.
A heart is projected on the statue of Christ the Redeemer amid a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 3, 2020.
Fabiano Santana de Souza, 37, a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) talks to his wife and daughter by a video call at a field hospital set up at a sports gym, in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, May 6, 2020.
Nurses wearing protective face masks lie on the ground with signs bearing the names of healthcare professionals who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a protest amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil May 12, 2020.
A healthcare worker on protective clothing reacts in front of the body of Laureano Ferraz, 78, a Wanano indigenous man who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), after arriving by an ICU jet from Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira to Manaus, Brazil, May 18, 2020.
Passengers wearing protective face masks travel on a public bus during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 29, 2020. .
Doctor Luciana Souza compares two different chest x-rays of a patient as she talks to a colleague at a field hospital set up to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, May 12, 2020.
Statues of the Monumento das Bandeiras are seen with face masks during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 12, 2020.
The body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, lays on a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to residents, it took about 30 hours to remove the body. REUTERS / Ricardo Moraes
Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro take part in a motorcade to protest against social distancing and quarantine measures, recommended by Sao Paulo's governor Joao Doria, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 3, 2020.
Vitor Soares, 21, reacts during the burial of his grandmother Enedina Correa Soares, 71, who is suspected to have passed away from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, May 6, 2020.
Catholic priest Reginaldo Manzotti sprinkles holy water on drivers at the blessing drive-thru system during the Mothers Day, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Curitiba, Brazil, May 10, 2020.
Members of medical staff, wearing protective suits and face masks, do a lung X-ray on a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a field hospital set up to treat patients suffering from the disease (COVID-19) in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, May 12, 2020.
Gravediggers carry the coffin of Antonia Rodrigues during her funeral who passed away from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020.
Relatives of Neide Rodrigues, 71, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), stand amid gravediggers while wearing protective masks as they attend her burial at a cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 8, 2020.
Paulo Alexandre Pereira dos Santos, 43, shows a picture of his father Manuel Francisco dos Santos who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as its spread continues in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 29, 2020.
Gravediggers prepare the coffin of Antonio Marciano, 65, who is suspected to have passed away from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his burial in Duque de Caxias public cemetery, near Rio de Janeiro Brazil May 5, 2020.
Andrea Silva de Souza, mother of one-year-old Vitoria Gabriele Silva Resende who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and stepfather Andre Luiz de Souza attend her burial at a cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 8, 2020.
Municipal guards patrol at a closed street market during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 12, 2020.
Alessandra Said, 45, a doctor at Emergency Rescue Service (SAMU) and her team attempt to revive a patient during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manaus, Brazil May 12, 2020.
Alessandra Said, 45, a doctor at Emergency Rescue Service (SAMU) reacts after receiving news about another colleague who was infected during the spread coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manaus, Brazil May 12, 2020.
Javier Alexndre Andres Cruz, 26, a Tikuna indigenous man and a patient, who suffers from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sits in an ambulance after arriving by an ICU jet from Tabatinga to Manaus, Brazil, May 18, 2020.
Sara Lima de Araujo, 28, who is pregnant and suffers from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is carried into an ambulance by a healthcare worker after arriving from Coari to Manaus in an ICU jet, Brazil, May 18, 2020.
A woman receives a box with food donations organized by NGO Kapadocia Institute for poor families from Capadocia Slum at Brasilandia district amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 1, 2020.
Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at a field hospital set up at a sports gym, in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, May 6, 2020.
An agent checks the temperature of a driver at the entrance of Niteroi city during its first day of lockdown, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 11, 2020.
Doctor Luciana Souza and nurse Edson dos Santos talk as they take a break at a field hospital set up to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, May 12, 2020.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a protest against the President of the Chamber of Deputies Rodrigo Maia, Brazilian Supreme Court, quarantine and social distancing measures, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil May 17, 2020.
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