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Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths

by Débora ÁlvaresMauricio Savarese
| March 27, 2021 12:03 AM

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing. Lawmakers fielded calls from panicked constituents across the country, where thousands awaited intensive care beds, and they had no effective health minister to turn to Sunday.

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