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epa09419428 People wait in line to receive a dose of the covid-19 vaccine, at the Tiradentes Palace, former headquarters of the Legislative Assembly, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 August 2021. Brazil once again registered more than 1,000 deaths in a single day associated with the coronavirus, but it maintains the slowdown of the pandemic evidenced in recent weeks with the lowest averages of the year, while the vaccination of the population advances, according to the figures released by the Ministry of Health. EPA/ANDRE COELHO