Prognosis
Brazil Hits 400,000 Deaths as Shortage Blunts Vaccination Effort
- Deaths in past four months already top full 2020 toll
- Lawmakers kicked off probe on government’s response to crisis
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Brazil recorded more Covid-19 deaths in the first four months of the year than in all of 2020, breaching the 400,000 mark as it grapples with a shortage of shots that’s threatening mass vaccinations.
The Health Ministry reported 3,001 deaths on Thursday, pushing the total to 401,186 since the pandemic started a little over a year ago. It’s the second highest tally globally, trailing only the U.S. Cases rose by 69,389 in the past 24 hours, pushing the toll to 14.6 million, behind India and the U.S.