The colossal German car industry Volkswagen announced on Friday that it was suspending production for twelve days at its four factories in Brazil, which is being hit hard by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Due to the ‘worsening of the number of cases (…) and the increase in the level of beds in intensive care units in Brazilian states, the company is adopting this measure to protect the health of its employees and their families,” it said in a statement. of the Brazilian subsidiary of the German car industry.
The measure, which will take effect on Wednesday (March 24) and will last twelve days, was decided “in agreement with the workers’ unions”, Volkswagen clarified, but without specifying exactly how many employees it concerns.
In the factories “only the absolutely necessary activities will continue”, while “the employees of the administrative services will be teleworked”, added the management of VW.
Three of Volkswagen’s four factories in Brazil are located in the state of Sao Paulo, the lung of industry in the country, while the fourth is located in the state of Paran. (South).
During the first wave, car production had almost completely stopped with production falling by 99% in April 2020.
Brazil is being hit hard by a second wave of the pandemic. Of the 27 states in the country, in 25 the fullness of ICU beds reaches or exceeds 80%.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic in February 2020, the country of 212 million people has recorded more than 290,000 deaths due to COVID-19, the second heaviest in the world in absolute terms, behind only the United States. In 24 hours, 2,815 patients succumbed, according to the report given yesterday by the Ministry of Health.
In the absence of vaccine doses, the immunization campaign is progressing very slowly in the largest Latin American country, where just over 5% of the population has received the first dose and less than 2% the second.
Yesterday, the country recorded a record 90,570 cases of SARS-CoV-2, with the total number of infections reaching 11,871,390. And in this case, it is the second highest number on the planet, after the US.
Per capita, the country records 138 deaths and 5,649 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
Last week, 500,722 infections and 12,777 deaths were confirmed. These are the highest numbers recorded on a weekly basis since the outbreak of the pandemic, for the second consecutive week.
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