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Brazil’s communists warn of ‘the greatest health and hospital crisis in history,’ as death toll passes 300,000
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, centre, arrives for a press conference following a meeting about the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic

THE Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) has warned that the country is undergoing “the greatest health and hospital crisis in history” after the coronavirus death toll passed 300,000.

The National Council of Health Secretaries announced the grim milestone on Wednesday night. Only the United States has had more people die from Covid-19.

PCdoB parliamentary leader Renildo Calheiros called on President Jair Bolsonaro to “wake up” and stop undermining the public health response as hospitals in the capital Brasilia reported lining their floors with corpses because their morgues are full.

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