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News > Brazil. Keep up to date with all of the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil in real-time Receive a digest with everything you need to know before starting your dayRonaldinho is in trouble with the law once again, and this time it's serious.

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Brazil's development does not depend on the illogical suppression of forests Formation of 'bomb cyclone' associated with cold front caused damage The new coronavirus first found in China late last year has infected 13.1 million people worldwide and killed more than 570,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.There are concerns about Brazilian cities like Rio de Janeiro reopening, with experts warning the worst of coronavirus is yet to come.A lightning flash that stretched from Argentina across Brazil all the way to the Atlantic Ocean is the longest in recorded history.Brazil's agriculture ministry has declared a crop emergency in two southern states amid the possibility a cloud of locusts could enter the country from Argentina.Coronavirus cases are soaring in several major countries at the same time, with "worrying increases" in Latin America, especially Brazil, the World Health Organisation says.The comments by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus came as the number of reported infections soared in Brazil, Iraq, India and southern and western US states, straining local hospitals.Professor Brendan Murphy said health authorities are "doing everything they can" to bring the state's virus outbreak under control.South Korea has reported its largest 24-hour increase in confirmed coronavirus cases in about three weeks, after Brazil cased surpassed one million.Brazil has passed 1 million coronavirus cases and approached 50,000 deaths, a new nadir for the world's second worst-hit country as it struggles with a tense political climate and worsening economic outlook.New data shows that fires in the Brazilian Amazon are on track to be just as bad as last year, if not worse, with an estimated 150,000 hectares of land deforested so far in 2020 at risk.Protesters angry at Brazil's coronavirus response have created 100 graves on Rio's Copacabana beach to commemorate the country's nearly 40,000 victims.Brazil's government has resumed publication of full COVID-19 data, including the cumulative death toll, following a directive from the country's Supreme Court.The country has gone 17 days without a new case after implementing one of the world's strictest lockdown on March 26.Brazil has taken the extraordinary step of stopping coronavirus death reporting, in move critics claim is an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation.Several thousand people marched in New Zealand's largest city today to protest the killing of George Floyd in the US as well as to stand up against police violence and racism in their own country.Initially brought to Latin America in large part by wealthy citizens or visitors, coronavirus is now ravaging poorer neighbourhoods.WA livestock ship may need new crew; Pay freeze for NSW nurses; Queensland man, 30, dies from virus; PM urges leaders to 'justify' shut borders.With infections mounting rapidly in places like Brazil and India, a top global health official warned that the crisis around the world is far from over.Outbreaks to be dealt with locally; Coles removing customer purchase limits; WA to reopen intrastate borders; pandemic hampering bushfire relief effort.Italy has recorded 531 new infections in the past 24 hours, while the US coronavirus task force coordinator warns about lack of social distancing.The White House has announced a ban on travel to the US from Brazil due to the spread of coronavirus in Latin America's hardest-hit country.Brazil this week became the country with the second most infections worldwide after the United States, with more than 330,000 confirmed cases.