'It’s just a waiting game I guess': Irish people living in Brazil await Covid-19 surge

"The thing here is much bigger I believe than they are admitting to," Paul Soden is very concerned at the Brazilian state's ability to deal with the virus outbreak and the aftermath. Picture: Paul Soden.

Brazil’s response to the Covid 19 crisis has left much of the global community non plussed. None more so than the small community of Cork expats who call the South American country home. Ciaran Sunderland, spoke to a few of them.

Brazil’s preparations for the Covid-19 pandemic have not filled Irish writer Patrick Holloway with much confidence. “It’s a bit of a joke to be honest,” he said with a nervous laugh.