RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil on Tuesday registered a record 2,841 deaths in the past 24 hours, highlighting the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, just as a new health minister is set to take the helm in the next few days.
In total, 282,127 people have died in Brazil. Cases rose on Tuesday by 83,926 to 11,603,535.
The nominee for Brazil’s health minister, who will represent the ministry’s third change of leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, said that he plans to continue the controversial policies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
The initial comments by cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga, a day after he was tapped by Bolsonaro, dashe…
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