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Immigration to US to be halted due to virus - Trump
The US leader will sign an executive order to suspend migration, but it's not clear how he will do it.
Anger at Peru mask shortages
Medical personnel in Peru say they are having to reuse single-use masks.
Brazil's president joins anti-lockdown protests
Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly said that the risk posed by coronavirus has been exaggerated.
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Coronavirus in Latin America: How bad could it get?
BBC reporters in Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia and Nicaragua explain how the pandemic is affecting the region.
'We are not prepared at all': Haiti on the edge
Haiti has barely 60 ventilators for 11 million people, and a limited number of doctors who can operate them.
Massive surge in deaths in Ecuador's Guayaquil
Guayas province, home to the city of Guayaquil, sees nearly 6,000 extra deaths in a two-week period.
Bolsonaro fires health minister over coronavirus
The Brazilian president and the minister had publicly clashed over his response to the pandemic.
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Immigration to US to be halted due to virus - Trump
The US leader will sign an executive order to suspend migration, but it's not clear how he will do it.
Anger at Peru mask shortages
Medical personnel in Peru say they are having to reuse single-use masks.
Brazil's president joins anti-lockdown protests
Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly said that the risk posed by coronavirus has been exaggerated.
Video 2 minutes 42 seconds
Coronavirus in Latin America: How bad could it get?
BBC reporters in Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia and Nicaragua explain how the pandemic is affecting the region.
'We are not prepared at all': Haiti on the edge
Haiti has barely 60 ventilators for 11 million people, and a limited number of doctors who can operate them.
Massive surge in deaths in Ecuador's Guayaquil
Guayas province, home to the city of Guayaquil, sees nearly 6,000 extra deaths in a two-week period.
Bolsonaro fires health minister over coronavirus
The Brazilian president and the minister had publicly clashed over his response to the pandemic.
Anger at Peru mask shortages
Medical personnel in Peru say they are having to reuse single-use masks.
Brazil's president joins anti-lockdown protests
Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly said that the risk posed by coronavirus has been exaggerated.
Video 2 minutes 42 seconds
Coronavirus in Latin America: How bad could it get?
BBC reporters in Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia and Nicaragua explain how the pandemic is affecting the region.
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