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2021.04.18 07:59 GMT+8

Health workers struggle as COVID-19 cases surge in Brazil

Updated 2021.04.18 07:59 GMT+8
Lucrecia Franco

As Brazil's COVID-19 death toll continues to climb at an alarming rate, so does the number of the country's healthcare workers who have sacrificed their lives fighting the pandemic. 

Health officials are alarmed by the losses and warn the entire Brazilian health system is collapsing. 

CGTN's Lucrecia Franco reports from Rio de Janeiro.

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