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World Service,05 Jun 2020,26 mins

Record death toll in Brazil

World Business Report

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One of Brazil’s top health experts - Drauzio Varella - has said the situation 'couldn't be worse' - and it will be an 'historic tragedy'. And yet - they are looking to reopen the economy. Drug company AstraZeneca is to start producing a potential vaccine for coronavirus, as the company's chief executive Pascal Soriot, explains. There's been a surprise fall in the US unemployment rate in May which now stands at 13.3%; how are markets reacting? Today is the UN's World Environment Day and the BBC's Fergus Nicoll asks whether global lockdowns make a long-term difference to climate change. PHOTO: Brazilians under lockdown/AFP/Getty Images

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