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Brazil's coronavirus crisis continues to worsen

Doctors in the city of Manaus are struggling to control the growing number of deaths

Doctors in the city of Manaus are struggling to control the growing number of deaths, which are increasing due to a new variant of the virus detected earlier this month. We get the latest from the 大象传媒's Camilla Mota in Sao Paulo.
Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia after the country said it would introduce a law forcing tech companies to pay for news content it offers links to. We discuss the implications of this with the technology researcher and broadcaster Stephanie Hare.
And Kai Ryssdal, host of the Marketplace programme on American Public Media, has been speaking to HOPE South Florida, a homeless charity now facing extra challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Elizabeth Gwynn, reporter at 9News Border South East in New South Wales, Australia.

(Picture:Gravediggers at a cemetery in Manaus. Credit: Getty Images)

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  • Sat 23 Jan 2021 01:06GMT

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