COVID-19 in Brazil: Copacabana beach filled with symbolic graves | Brazil News

Brazil’s death toll from the coronavirus has officially passed 40,000.

And with more than 800,000 confirmed cases, it is the worst-hit country in Latin America.

Now, the iconic beach of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro has become the latest battleground amid growing tensions over the government response.

Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports.