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Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil surpasses half million Covid-19 deaths

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Brazil on Saturday became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic. Bolsonaro has been criticized for downplaying the pandemic from the outset, opposing lockdown measures and plugging unproven medical treatments for Covid-19, and on Saturday thousands of Brazilians again took to the streets in protest against him. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert gives us his analysis.

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