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BBC OS: 2020/09/10 16:06 GMT: Remembering those lost to Covid-19

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Remembering those lost to Covid-19

2020/09/10 16:06 GMT

2020/09/10 16:06 GMT: Remembering those lost to Covid-19

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Remembering those lost to Covid-19

The stories behind the numbers in the coronavirus pandemic

We continue to hear the stories of people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic, as told by their family and friends who have been sharing their voices messages from around the world. All of today's stories are from South America, including a husband and "natural-born dancer" from Sao Paulo, Brazil and a nature-loving dad from Chile who looked after more than 1,000 birds and "laughed with his entire body".

There have been protests and riots in Colombia over the death of a man who police had arrested for allegedly breaking coronavirus rules. Footage of the arrest appears to show him pinned to the ground and being tasered repeatedly. We'll get our correspondent in Bogotá to explain what we know about what happened and how people have responded, with a big conversation online about police brutality.

And we'll hear the account of a woman who has lost her home in the latest US wildfires in Phoenix, Oregon. She's been getting help and advice from a friend who lost her own house in fires three years ago. We'll hear the two of them in conversation.

(Photo: Juan Carlos Moya from Chile, who died from Covid-19 Credit: Milena Moya)

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