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Genesio and Markus Moura, who are father and son, are overseeing the work, which is being financed by donations and has been underway since 2019.
Adroaldo Conzatti, the politician and city mayor who conceived the idea, died in March from coronavirus complications.
It comes as covid related deaths in Brazil have mounted to 345,000, making it second only to the United States in terms of lives lost.
One in four covid deaths this week alone were recorded in Brazil, adding up to around 4,000 deaths per day.
Genesio and Markus Moura, who are father and son, are overseeing the work
When it is completed later this year, it will be one of the tallest statues of Christ in the world
Brazil s COVID-19 death toll soars amid new variants
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Germany has recorded 25,000 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases (RKI).
The seven-day incidence rate in Germany rose from 105.7 to 110.4, while 296 people have died in a day from the coronavirus in the latest update from the health body.
The RKI suggested a recent fall in cases was because many people had refrained from going to the doctor over the Easter break.
Bonn s pink cherry blossoms return amid COVID restrictions
The perfect canopy for a romantic walk
Bonn s Old Town (Altstadt) is home to about 300 cherry blossom trees, which were largely planted in the late 1980s. Originally, the city had intended to plant hawthorn trees but couldn t get its hands on stock at the time. The cherry blossom trees were a bit of an improvised solution to this with lasting effect.
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro attacks Supreme Court justice for Covid response probe
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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro attacks Supreme Court justice for Covid response probe
Reuters / Updated: Apr 9, 2021, 20:23 IST
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Bolsonaro criticized the request for the congressional probe to focus on the failures of the federal government in its Covid response. AP Photo
SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday attacked Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso after the judge ordered Congress to begin a probe of the federal government s response to Covid.
Bolsonaro criticized the request for the congressional probe to focus on the failures of the federal government in its Covid response.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday blasted a pending Senate inquiry on his handling of a record-breaking COVID-19 outbreak, which global health officials compared to a “raging inferno.”
FILE PHOTO: Brazil s President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a ceremony at the Sao Sebastiao neighbourhood in Brasilia, Brazil April 5, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso ruled late on Thursday that enough senators had signed on to a proposed inquiry on the government’s pandemic response to launch the probe despite stalling by Senate leadership.
“It’s a stitch-up between Barroso and the leftists in the Senate to wear out the government,” Bolsonaro told supporters outside his residence, accusing the judge of “politicking.”