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Concern is growing in Brazil about the rising number of young people who are critically ill in hospital with Covid-19.
Research suggests more than half of patients being treated in intensive care last month were under 40.
The BBC's Mark Lowen visited Latin America's largest cemetery, a makeshift hospital and a vaccine hub to find out why the handling of the pandemic in Brazil has become a public health disaster.
Camera: Peter Murtaugh
Producer: Jessica Cruz


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