Brazil's meat: Powerful industry is linked to the distribution of Covid 19s in the world

Brazil early this week was in second place in terms of confirmed cases of Covid-19 and the death toll. 1,800 million have been confirmed affected, while 72 thousand and 833 people have suffered death. writes The GuardianTranslation into Albanian Periscope.

The powerful agribusiness sector (the meat sector) is linked to the country's president, Jair Bolsonaron, who has denied pandemic as a small “grip. ”

The beef sector is worth about $26 billion, while the poultry industry is $8 million.

The meat dens have remained open even during the pandemic, and the staff has worked as usual, without measure, and often even in the refrigerator areas.

These conditions could create perfect centres for the distribution of the virus, said Priscila Schvarcz, prosecutor from the Labour Ministry, at a federal prosecutorial service branch that oversees labour laws.

We see many workers who are infected,” she said.

In one warehouse, nearly 5 thousand workers have been infected with coronarys, of which 12 have died.

China has suspended meat imports from Brazil precisely because of such an issue. /Periscope