RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Brazil became the second country in the world to pass 600,000 COVID-19 deaths on Friday, a dark milestone for a government that has been sharply criticized for mismanaging the outbreak.
President Jair Bolsonaro has drawn the ire of health experts for his failure to implement measures to contain the pandemic. He has railed against lockdowns, aired skepticism about vaccines and regularly refuses to wear a mask in public.
But despite Friday's tragic mark, there are now signs that infections in Brazil are finally ebbing, as the . . .
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