Bolsonaro’s Brazil becomes coronavirus hotspot

There is perhaps no greater admirer of Donald Trump than the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

In fact he is often referred to as Trump of the Tropics.

And like Trump, the Brazilian President is struggling to explain why his country is fast becoming one of the worst casualties of the virus.

Yesterday – and for the third day in a row – more than 1,000 people died.

The total number of deaths is nearly 27,000, and there are fears that the region’s largest country could see 100,000 more deaths by August.