Brazil resumes publishing virus toll, criticizes WHO
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s government resumed publishing the country’s total death toll from the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, after facing accusations of trying to hide the magnitude of its raging health crisis.
The health ministry did so Tuesday, indicating the death toll had risen by 1,272, to a total of 38,406 people killed by the virus -- the third-highest toll in the world, after the United States and Britain. The health ministry did not immediately respond to questions from AFP on why it returned to the old format and its plans for the future.
"The WHO lacks independence, transparency and coherence. The foreign ministry is following its role with great concern," Araujo said.
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