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World Service,18 May 2020,53 mins

Coronavirus: Hospitals in Brazil's São Paulo 'near collapse'

Newsday

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The mayor of the country's largest city warns that hospitals may run out of beds for covid-19 patients. We get a doctor's perspective. Meanwhile there's a much lower infection rate on the islands of the Caribbean, and cautious optimism that the first stage of the battle has been won. And another lovely 'lockdown story' - the man who spent his time building an amusement park out of Lego bricks in his dining room.

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