Gisele

My name is Gisele and I am a forty-one year old nurse, post graduated in public health, but I have not worked in the area for a year. I live in Santo André in São Paulo in the neighborhood of Vila Lucinda in Brazil. My family and I own a Japanese food restaurant which is delivery only and I am married to my beautiful wife and we have a son who is currently studying online via chat rooms with the teacher. I use my own car to move around the city now but before the pandemic, I used public transportation more. As a family, we try to go out as little as possible and we do not visit friends, I just visit my parents who live in another city more or less every 2 months since I support them. In the city, municipal restrictions have been implemented such as wearing masks and most residents follow the guidelines but some do not wear masks nor respect social distance and have been having gatherings at home. The federal government has provided emergency aid for only some people of R $600 ($111.50 USD) initially but that was reduced to R $300 ($56.14 USD).
Tests are provided for symptomatic people or those who work in the essential services such as healthcare. You have to schedule an appointment to get tested and getting an appointment is difficult. As a result of this pandemic, the use of gel alcohol will be permanent for me, but on a more serious note, I think the economic impact will take a long time to overcome.
“Access to housing, health services and public education has always been a problem in Brazil, which has been aggravated by Covid-19.”