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Inequities in Care, Misinformation Fuel COVID Deaths Among Poor, Indigenous Brazilians
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All across Brazil, slums - known as Favelas - have long been places of
crime and poverty, marked by overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. They
are among the hardest hit by the pandemic, in a country where the death
toll just passed 450,000. In the second of two reports, NewsHour special
correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and producer Charles Lyons report on Brazil's
COVID crisis.
crime and poverty, marked by overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. They
are among the hardest hit by the pandemic, in a country where the death
toll just passed 450,000. In the second of two reports, NewsHour special
correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and producer Charles Lyons report on Brazil's
COVID crisis.