Brazil COVID-19 cases and deaths surge 

Brazil’s COVID-19 crisis has become one of the worst in the world, right behind India. In April, the death toll topped 400,000 and averaged 2,400 deaths a day. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Michael Fox, an independent journalist based in Brazil, about Brazil’s COVID-19 crisis.

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