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Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Commuters wear protective face masks as they walk through a subway station, in São Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazil joined the widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant. 

Brazil heads into latest COVID surge amid public health information blackout

COVID-19

COVID-19 is back with a vengeance in Brazil, along with simultaneous flu and other viral infections. But a “total blackout” on data has left health workers feeling blindsided.