Death and denial in Brazil’s Amazon capital

By Associated Press

May 26, 2020 12:52 pm

SOS Funeral workers move a coffin holding the body of an 86-year-old woman who lived by the Negro River and who is suspected of dying of Covid-19, near Manaus, Brazil, Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Reis, who recently lost his job in an electronics maintenance company due to the pandemic, spoke without a mask and said he “of course” agrees with Bolsonaro the severity of the pandemic is exaggerated and death toll inflated.

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