30 images Created 19 Apr 2021
Pandemic
The photographs below are part of stories portrayed during a year of coverage of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the outskirts and in downtown São Paulo. Those two regions are diametrically opposite but equally forgotten by public policies. During the pandemic, the vulnerable population suffered the most from the lack of jobs, food, access to hospitals, conditions for social isolation, and hygiene.
In one year, more than 70% of the population living in the favelas lost their incomes and basically survived from food and hygiene products donations. The economic and social impact on the outskirts of the largest city in Latin America was reflected in the increase of the homeless population. More than 28,000 people are living on the streets of downtown São Paulo in extreme poverty.
At the peak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Brazil, the reflection of decades without public policies in the peripheries took the city of São Paulo directly to the epicenter of the pandemic in the world, causing a collapse in the public health and funeral systems. Reportage for Getty Images.
In one year, more than 70% of the population living in the favelas lost their incomes and basically survived from food and hygiene products donations. The economic and social impact on the outskirts of the largest city in Latin America was reflected in the increase of the homeless population. More than 28,000 people are living on the streets of downtown São Paulo in extreme poverty.
At the peak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Brazil, the reflection of decades without public policies in the peripheries took the city of São Paulo directly to the epicenter of the pandemic in the world, causing a collapse in the public health and funeral systems. Reportage for Getty Images.
