Grim start to 2021 for Brazil with 200,000 Covid deaths
By DW
11 January 2021 |
6:55 am
Brazil's Covid-19 death toll passes 200,000 amid a surging second wave, dousing optimism that 2021 will bring respite anytime soon for a country whose government's erratic handling of the pandemic has drawn scathing criticism.
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