Three workers are shown wearing white medical protective clothing and masks while carrying a wooden coffing in a small alley.

Brazil emerging as a new epicenter of the coronavirus

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Workers, wearing protective clothing, carry the coffin of Vandir da Costa, from his house amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Manaus, Brazil May 7, 2020.

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Brazil has become one of the global epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic, recently surpassing China in the number of reported cases. And, black men and women are nearly twice as likely to die with coronavirus as white people in England and Wales, according to UK government officials. Also, the Puerto Rican indie pop duo Buscabulla have released their debut album “Regresa.”

In This Episode

The pandemic and the global economy
Brazil may become the global epicenter of COVID-19
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A woman behind a desk speaks
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Race and racism amid the pandemic
A map shows the region, including the border between Iran and Afghanistan.
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Pope Francis leads Mass and the Regina Coeli prayer in Rome's Santo Spirito in Sassia church without public participation due to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, April 19, 2020.
Catholic Twitter debates Trump’s handling of coronavirus pandemic
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A worker picks roses that will be thrown way because they cannot be shipped to Europe due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, March 19, 2020.
Coronavirus pandemic wilts global flower industry
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Going home to Puerto Rico