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Review
. 2022 Oct;52(4):442-454.
doi: 10.1177/00207314221122658. Epub 2022 Sep 4.

Covid-19 Outbreak in Brazil: Health, Social, Political, and Economic Implications

Michele Kremer Sott  1 , Mariluza Sott Bender  2 , Kamila da Silva Baum  3
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Review

Covid-19 Outbreak in Brazil: Health, Social, Political, and Economic Implications

Michele Kremer Sott et al. Int J Health Serv. 2022 Oct.

Abstract

COVID-19 outbreak quickly spread to all corners of the globe. In Brazil, the outbreak was particularly frightening because it worsened existing health, political, economic, and social problems. The results already observed show the contagion ripple-spreading process across the country, causing the death of thousands of people each day and counting, added to a very serious wave of unemployment, scientific denial, and social precariousness. Based on this, this study reviews recent research that looked at the role of the government, the Brazilian health system, and the main economic and social impacts fostered by the pandemic. We perform a scoping review according to the PRISMA-ScR to structure the qualitative synthesis of the 67 associated documents. The results reinforce the negative effects of the country's mismanagement and its consequent impacts on the Brazilian economy and society. The battleground against COVID-19 has fueled political tensions, shaken the health system, and unleashed social despair tinged with thousands of deaths. Finally, in the present scoping review, we discuss concerns about the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil and what the world hopes the country has learned from the current crisis.

Keywords: COVID-19; health system; public health; review; social impacts.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
PRISMA-ScR flow diagram.
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Number of confirmed cases and deaths.
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Number of vaccines applied.
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