Inequities In Care, Misinformation Fuel Covid Deaths Among Poor, Indigenous Brazilians

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.

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Audiobook: May 1, 2024