Brazil surpasses half a million deaths from COVID-19

Anti-government protesters took to the streets across #Brazil on Saturday as the nation’s confirmed death toll from #COVID-19 soared past half a million — a tragedy many critics blame on President Jair #Bolsonaro’s attempt to minimise the disease. Brazil registered 2,301 new deaths in the past 24 hours. FRANCE 24 correspondent Tim Vickery tells us more. Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7