Politics Challenge COVID-19 Vaccinations in Brazil
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By February of 2021, more than a quarter million Brazilians had died due to COVID-19. That made Brazil the second country in the world with the largest death toll after the US. Scientists also located a new virus strain. But the country’s overall health has fallen into a political diatribe. Maria Valls met with the governor of Sao Paulo, ground zero for vaccination in the largest country in South America.
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