Brazil marks anniversary of first COVID-19 death

The World

A year ago last week, Brazil recorded its first death from COVID-19. Now, more than 2,000 people there are dying each day from the disease. Between a slow vaccine rollout and a highly contagious Amazon variant, there seems to be little light at the end of the tunnel. Reporter Michael Fox looks back at a year of the pandemic in Brazil.

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