Streets of Rio de Janeiro Undergo Disinfection to Halt Spread of COVID-19 - Video

12:48 GMT, 19 May 2020

The number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brazil has increased by 13,140 over the past 24 hours to surpass 250,000, and the number of people who have recovered has topped 100,000, the country's Health Ministry said.

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Live from Rio de Janeiro as workers employed by the city disinfect the streets in an attempt to halt the spread of COVID-19. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, as of Tuesday there are more than 244,000 COVID-19 cases in Brazil, with over 16,000 people dying with the virus.

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