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Colombia reports first death from Brazilian Covid-19 variant

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia confirmed its first death from the P1, or Brazilian, variant of coronavirus, the government said, adding the victim who died in January was older and had various comorbidities.

The P1 variant, which emerged in the Amazon, has driven a second wave of the virus in Brazil’s two most populous cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which this week moved to tighten measures as their hospitals struggled with cases.

Brazil has registered more than 275,000 deaths from COVID-19, second only to the United States.

“A new case of the P1 variant . . .

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