Brazil Reaches 500,000 Deaths Amid Slow Vaccination And Bolsonaro's Pandemic Probe

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 20: (AUDIO OMITTED) In an aerial view, a person prepares the flag of Brazil in the middle of hundreds of red roses 'planted' in the sand during an event to pay homage to the over 500,000 registered victims of coronavirus and protest against the government's response to the pandemic organized by ONG Rio de Paz at Copacabana Beach on June 20, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The death toll in Brazil surpassed 500,000 people on Saturday June 19. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who initially downplayed the virus, undergoes a Congress probe on his government's mismanagement of the pandemic. (Footage by Sergio Alves/Getty Images)