Brazil has passed 1 million coronavirus cases and is approaching 50,000 deaths, a new low for the world’s second worst-hit country as it struggles with a tense political climate.
Meanwhile, Pope Francis has held his first audience for a group of people since Italy lifted its coronavirus lockdown, granting it to health workers from the Italian region most affected by the pandemic.
And officials in Beijing carried out tests to detect traces of coronavirus on all food and parcel delivery workers in an effort to rein in a new outbreak.
Sunday’s key moments:
- Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases with no end in sight
- Pope thanks Italian doctors for being ‘angels’
- Beijing tests food and parcel couriers as coronavirus checks widen
Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases with no end in sight
Brazil has passed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday and is approaching 50,000 deaths, a new low for the world’s second worst-hit country as it struggles with a tense political climate and worsening economic outlook.
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