Brazil virus deaths surge as pandemic bites in Latin America

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 20, 2020

Brazil saw its highest number of coronavirus deaths yet Tuesday as, more than four months after COVID-19 first emerged in China, the force of the pandemic was beginning to hit hard in Latin America. Brazil's surge came as the World Health Organization agreed to launch an investigation into its response to the disease, whose unyielding march across the globe since last year has left more th