Brazil risks becoming coronavirus hotspot as new cases overwhelm hospitals

Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hotspots.Medical officials in Rio de Janeiro and at least four other major cities have warned that their hospital systems are on the verge of collapse, or already too overwhelmed to take any more patients.Health experts expect the number of infections in the country of 211 million people will be much higher than what…

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