Teachers and health workers strike amid back-to-school campaign in Brazil
Teachers and health workers strike amid back-to-school campaign in Brazil Teacher being tested for coronavirus in São Paulo state school. (Governo do Estado de São Paulo) The pandemic has resulted in a total of 242,178 recorded deaths and 10 million cases in Brazil, surpassed only by the United States. More than 300,000 new cases were recorded last week along with 7,520 deaths, the second highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a week since the start of the pandemic. Health care workers are confronting the direct impact of the herd immunity policies implemented by governments in Brazil and aro...
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