Maria Nunes Sinimbu thought of the coronavirus pandemic as a faraway crisis. Then COVID-19 killed five of her family members as the disease ravaged her hometown, Manaus, the biggest city in the Brazilian Amazon. A retired school teacher of 76, Sinimbu has 12 children, more than 60 grandchildren and is not even sure exactly how many great-grandchildren. A devout Catholic, she has had her faith tested as she has suffered one crushing loss after…
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