Malls Reopen as Brazil Quarantine Begins to Ease; Deaths Jump

Shoppings malls have started to resume activities as some states and cities in Brazil relax quarantine rules. About 40 of more than 570 commercial centers are already back at work, according to local media.

The crisis created by pandemic has laid bare opposing views in Brazil’s government in terms if a post-coronavirus agenda. While the Economy Ministry says the country needs to resume its reform and privatization program, the Chief of Staff’s Office announced a 10-year plan focused on public investment as part of the recovery process.