Brazil’s Infinity Memorial commemorates COVID-19 victims

Brazil inaugurates its first cemetery memorial to coronavirus victims, while the pandemic is still claiming lives.

In Brazil, a monument dedicated to those who have died from coronavirus has been unveiled in Rio de Janeiro.

The architect of the Infinity Memorial said she wanted to provide families with a symbol of their loss.

Brazil has the second-highest death rate in the world.

Al Jazeera’s Monica Yanakiew reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.