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Brazil Surpasses 250,000 Covid Deaths Amid Vaccination Hurdles
- Country seeing hospital beds fill up as virus roars back
- Debate over a new cash aid to offset the crisis continues
A healthcare worker administers the Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Covid-19 vaccine to an elderly resident in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Feb. 12.
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Brazil reached the mark of 250,000 deaths from Covid-19 as local governments deal with a shortage of vaccines and struggle to contain the spread of the disease.
The milestone comes just days after the country became the second in the world to record 10 million cases from the respiratory disease. Data released on Thursday showed 1,541 new deaths and 65,998 infections in the past 24 hours, taking the tolls to 251,498 and 10,390,461, respectively.