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The spread of coronavirus in Brazil has been catastrophic. The country now ranks second for the number of infections per country, behind only the US. From a skeptical president to a healthcare system on the verge of collapse, the Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, explains why Brazil is in danger of becoming the next epicentre of the virus.

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