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BBC OS: 2021/04/02 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus in Brazil: Sao Paulo's surging burials

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Coronavirus in Brazil: Sao Paolo's surging burials

2021/04/02 16:06 GMT

2021/04/02 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus in Brazil: Sao Paulo's surging burials

Coronavirus in Brazil: Sao Paulo's surging burials

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Old graves are being dug up and emptied in Sao Paulo to make room for Covid burials

Old graves are being dug up and emptied in Sao Paulo to make room for Covid burials.

Brazil's health service has been pushed to the brink as coronavirus cases continue to climb. Some 66,570 people died of Covid-19 in March, more than double the previous monthly record. We hear some of the messages we've received from Brazil and speak to the BBC Monitoring about Covid-19 misinformation in the country. 

We also look in-depth the impact of the pandemic in France where the nation prepares for another lockdown. Ros Atkins explains why France has reached this point, looking at the politics, vaccine hesitancy and the leadership of President Macron.

And we get questions answered on the coronavirus by our regular expert, Dr Marc Mendelson in Cape Town, South Africa.

We hear about the security fears among women in Afghanistan after several killings of female journalists and health care workers. Three women in the public eye talk about how women's lives are affected by violence and insecurity.

(Photo: A gravedigger wearing a protective suit handles pieces of an old damaged coffin during exhumations to open space on cement graves as new burials are suspended, except private deposits and children, at Vila Nova Cachoeirinha cemetery.  April 1, 2021. Credit: Amanda Perob/Reuters)

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