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Brazil’s poor population hardest hit by coronavirus pandemic as infections still on the rise

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Officials in Brazil are trying to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control as President Jair Bolsonaro announced he still has the virus, after announcing he was positive last week. Brazil has the second-highest infection rate in the world and the residents in its poorest areas are the hardest hit.

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