Covid: Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to stop 'whining' as deaths top 260,000
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#5EZNH)
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The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has triggered a wave of revulsion by telling citizens to stop whining" about a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 260,000 people.
The far-right populist made the inflammatory declaration on Thursday, as Brazil's already dire Covid situation deteriorated and its average daily death toll rose above that of the United States.
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