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Brazil: Over 250,000 COVID-19 deaths in one year
Critics say Brazilian President Bolsonaro played down the coronavirus for too long. A lack of central coordination to fight the pandemic has led to a huge number of deaths, which experts say were unnecessary.
Some 250,000 people have died of coronavirus in Brazil
Brazil recorded its first case of COVID-19 on February 26, 2020, in a 61-year-old man from Sao Paolo who had been infected on a trip to Italy. The first death, of a 57-year-old domestic worker named Rosana Aparecida Urbano, was registered on March 12.
A year later, over 250,000 people have died of COVID-19 and some 10.3 million have been infected. At least according to the official figures. Experts assume the real numbers are much higher, but the lack of testing makes it difficult to confirm.
The US will reinstate the travel ban on non-citizens coming from Brazil and most of Europe, according to White House sources. The restrictions will also apply to travelers from South Africa. Follow DW for the latest.
Berlin's Vivantes Humboldt Hospital says it is not accepting new patients after several cases of the new, more infectious British coronavirus variant were discovered. Follow DW for the latest.
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