While Europe is preparing hurriedly for a possible second wave of covid-19 infections , South America is yet to see the end of the first.

Four months since governments began national lockdowns in March, the spread of covid-19 shows “no signs of slowing down” across the Americas, said Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in a press briefing last month .

South America already has four of the 10 countries worst hit by covid-19 , with Brazil having recorded more …