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The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide topped six million Sunday as Brazil registered another record surge in daily infections and divisions deepened on how to deal with the pandemic.Latin American countries are bracing for difficult weeks ahead as the virus spreads rapidly across the region. This contrasts to other parts…

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MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — As the white van approached Perfect Love Street, chatting neighbors fell silent, covered their mouths and noses and scattered.Men in full body suits carried an empty coffin into the small, blue house where Edgar Silva had spent two feverish days gasping for air before drawing his…

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Brasília (AFP) - President Jair Bolsonaro hit the streets Sunday for a rally with his supporters, ditching his face mask and breaking social distancing measures even as coronavirus cases surged in Brazil.The far-right president arrived at the rally outside the presidential palace in Brasilia in a white surgical mask, but…

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On Wednesday, a police team picked up two men from a luxury condominium by a lake in Brasilia. They also seized posters with photos of heavily-armed men in full military gear, calling for a military coup in Brazil. The suspects had sent a mail, titled “Death sentence to the traitors…

South America is “a new epicentre” of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared, as U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his push to reopen the reeling American economy.Brazil led the surge across South America, its death toll passing 21,000 on Friday from 3,30,000 infections, the third-highest…

Brazil recorded its highest single-day coronavirus death toll on Tuesday: 1,179 fatalities. It was another bleak statistic for the country, which has seen its coronavirus outbreak explode in the past few weeks. As of May 21, Brazil has confirmed more than 291,000 positive cases, the third-highest in the world, and…

Peru's number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 100,000, making it the country with the second-highest number of cases in South America after Brazil. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 106,000 cases globally, the highest in a single day yet, rasing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in poor nations. China…