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Bolsonaro fatalistic as Brazil's Covid-19 death toll mounts

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Sao Paulo, Apr 7 (EFE).- Brazil continues to set grim records for the impact of coronavirus, with 4,195 deaths in the latest 24-hour period, and President Jair Bolsonaro's response has been to shift from denying the seriousness of Covid-19 to labeling it on Wednesday as "practically impossible" to eradicate.(CAMERA: JANAINA QUINET)

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