Paraguayan citizens wait at the Friendship Bridge on the border between Brazil and Paraguay, during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Foz do Iguacu, Parana state, Brazil, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Rizzi
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by the government, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study released on Monday.
Researchers at a consortium of Brazilian universities and institutes examined the ratio of cases resulting in deaths through April 10 and compared it with data on the expected death rate from the World Health Organization.
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