Brazilians bang pots in protest as another 2,500 die of Covid-19

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Pot-banging protests erupted across several cities in Brazil as President Jair Bolsonaro addressed the nation, just days after protesters took to the streets across the country over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far killed almost half a million people.

The last few days have been rocky for the government of the right-wing leader, whose popularity had already been flagging amid persistently high daily Covid-19 deaths and cases.

In the last 24 hours, almost 100,000 Brazilians came down with the coronavirus and 2,507 died, according to government data.

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