Brazil president fires health minister over Covid-19 stand-off –as it happened
by Helen Sullivan (now and earlier); Nadeem Badshah, from Science | The Guardian on (#5271W)
Dismissal comes after weeks-long stand-off; almost 700 test positive on French aircraft carrier. This blog is now closed.
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The total number of coronavirus deaths across the world has reached 142,735, according to Johns Hopkins University, which has tracked the spread of the virus during the pandemic.
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