Brazil seems to be slowly getting a handle on the coronavirus, with a decreasing number of infections and deaths. But COVID-19 has not been the country’s only health challenge. During the first six months of the year, more than a million Brazilians contracted diseases like dengue, malaria and Zika virus. Children with Zika have been especially hard hit. Michael Fox has the story from Brazil.
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