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World Service,3 mins
Covid in Brazil: 350,000 deaths and a health system on the brink of collapse
NewshourAvailable for over a year
More than 330,000 have already died from Covid-19 in Brazil, second only to the US. Hospitals are overcrowded and people dying as they wait for treatment in some cities. The health system is on the brink of collapse in many areas, but President Jair Bolsonaro continues to oppose any lockdown measures to curb the outbreak. 麻豆社 correspondent Mark Lowen reports from a hospital in Sao Paulo, where there is frustration about the slow rollout of a vaccination programme, which many say is due to the president's anti-vaccination rhetoric. Photo: The ICU of a hospital on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil Credit: EPA
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