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Africa's coronavirus crisis arrived before the outbreak: Years of progress on alleviating extreme poverty will be undone, and economies that had been among the world’s fastest growing could face deep recessions. That’s even if Africa averts a Europe-style public health catastrophe.

Bolsonaro Fraudulently Circumvented Trump’s COVID-19 Immigration Ban to Smuggle His Scandal-Plagued Ex-Education Minister Into the U.S.

Coronavirus: Bolsonaro's Brazil surpasses 1 million COVID-19 casesBrazil has become the second country to reach more than 1 million COVID-19 infections, after the United States surpassed 2 million infections earlier this month.

The country saw a major increase in cases on Friday, with 54,771 new infections — bringing the total number to 1,032,913, according to Sky News.

There were also 1,206 new deaths, bringing the total death toll to 48,954, the publication reports.

However, the health ministry said the record spike was due to reporting system corrections in some states from previous days.

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How many of us are likely to have caught the coronavirus so far? Statistics are trickling in from cities and countries around the world, but the figures vary hugely. Some regions are reporting that less than 1 per cent of people have been infected, and others that over half the population has had the virus.

COVID-19: Aplicações de rastreio de contactos de Noruega, Bahrein e Kuwait entre as mais perigosas para a privacidade - Amnistia Internacional:“É improvável que seja necessário e proporcional no contexto de uma resposta de saúde pública. A tecnologia pode desempenhar um papel útil no rastreio de contactos para conter a COVID-19, mas a privacidade não deve ser outra vítima”