with a spike in deaths in may, sao paulo's population of 12 million has been put under a near total lockdown. however, many have no

choice but to work. rossana is a lawyer. neca has worked for her family for over 20 years.

it is thought that the virus entered brazil with the wealthy returning from their holidays. spreading rapidly amongst their ranks, it became known as the disease of the rich.

but soon the virus began to spread to the poor in the city's vast favelas, such as paradise town. zeza is a maid and mother of seven children. as her wealthy clients locked down, she was sacked from all herjobs.

when the virus struck brazil, nearly a million informal cash—in—hand maids like zeza were immediately laid off without any pay. zeza misses one employer in particular.

with no work, she is now trapped with her seven children injust two small rented rooms. neca wasn't let go. she was paid to stay at home when the virus hit and rossana's family went into quarantine. but soon rossana had to go back to work.

brazil's president bolsonaro has tried to downplay the threat posed by the virus... ..and to distance himself from its effects. he believes that the economy is being severely damaged by the lockdown.

defying social distancing rules, he has been campaigning for more people to follow in rossana and neca's footsteps. and even though bolsonaro has himself now contracted coronavirus... ..he remains opposed to people staying at home.

but the country is bitterly divided. horns blare. pots and pans bang. believing he is responsible for unnecessary deaths, many have been expressing their anger with their president, demanding his removalfrom power.

many believe that the relationship between a maid and their employer exploits the lack of opportunities available to the poor.

in some homes, maids are treated as socially inferior and their work is seen as demeaning.

but with an abundance of unskilled labour in favelas like paradise town, maids like zeza are cheap to employ and easy to dismiss when crisis hits.

but the relationship between maids and their bosses is much more than just an economic one, often blurring work and affections. neca was invited to rossana's wedding. in other families, she may well have been serving the guests.

neca has a very special bond with rossa na's daughter, joana.

neca became pregnant at 15 with the first of her four children and her youth suddenly ended as she sought domestic work to make ends meet. miguel, her youngest child, is nearly the same age asjoana.

but on her maid's wage, owning her own home remains a distant dream for neca. and with the brazilian economy still on its knees after its last recession, now dealt a further blow by the pandemic and the lockdown,

maids‘ lives are even more precarious.

zeza has received a relief payment from bolsonaro‘s government but it is barely enough to pay the rent, let alone feed the family. birds chirp. every weekend, neca walks to her mother selma's house.

she recently had a stroke and requires neca's constant attention. coronavirus has exposed just how insecure the lives of maids like zeza and neca can be.

it has also revealed that while the virus can infect anyone, the impact it has on rich and poor is profoundly unequal. birds chirp.

bailey this weekend something considerably quieter. many of us will see skies like these on sunday. a few pops of cloud but generally a lot of blue. the second half of the weekend staying largely dry it with just light ones. why? a big area of high pressure. later on sunday, this front may have a little success in the north—west the uk. loads of five oi’ the north—west the uk. loads of five or six the north—west the uk. loads of five orsix in the north—west the uk. loads of five or six in some rural spot. a bit more cloud for scotland come the afternoon. pretty solid cloud coming into northern ireland towards the evening. high teens to the north of the uk, a little warm to the south, 23-24. the uk, a little warm to the south, 23—24. some evening, rain sweeps

into northern ireland, western scotla nd into northern ireland, western scotland and into the small hours of monday, some of that rain will make its way further south. under the cloud, a much milder night. in the south, with the breeze picking up, temperatures generally in double figures. monday, dating, some uncertainty, they load to the north will perhaps come to dominate. feeding some showers further south into england and wales, perhaps never getting into central and eastern england. largely dry here, but with building cloud. look out for some sharp pictures coming into the north west of scotland through the north west of scotland through the afternoon. temperatures ranging from the high teens to the low 20s. for the rest of the week ahead, all about that balance between high pressure to the south and low pressure to the south and low pressure to the north. the further north you are, the more likely to see rainfall. the further south, more likely to stay dry. this is a x

tropical cyclone. bringing some heavy rain fell into new england. why do we care about its? this is basically the start point for our jet stream emerging from north america and for the week ahead, if we follow the jet back towards the uk, you can see it is basically trying to head straight towards the uk and occasionally perhaps buckling its way further north. it is the inclusion of that area that makes it harderfor inclusion of that area that makes it harder for the inclusion of that area that makes it harderfor the models to predict exactly what the jet is doing, and what the jet stream is doing predicts what these are doing. so how far north areas of low pressure are going to go in the coming week. at the moment, looks at the chance of some rainfall across the northern half of the uk for tuesday, perhaps into wednesday and high pressure could increasingly take hold from the south. there is about a 25% chance of beating per area of low pressure working its way across the atla ntic pressure working its way across the

atlantic and bringing some wet and windy weather. but that is quite small chance at the moment. things will brighten towards the south later in the week and began to warm up. come next weekend, it looks like high pressure is favoured to build from the south, and as it does so, brings warmer air right the way north across the uk. we could be talking about a weekend next weekend offair talking about a weekend next weekend of fair weather. with temperatures getting up towards the mid 20s.