Members of a Brazilian NGO lined up 400 body bags on the country's famed Copacabana beach on Friday to symbolize the 400,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19, an unwanted milestone reached earlier in the week.

Members of NGO Rio de Paz using mock graves and body bags on the Rio de Janeiro's beach to represent those who have died amid criticism of national and local government's response to the pandemic.

This footage was filmed and produced 30 April 2021.

NGO Rio de Paz stages a demonstration on Copacabana beach in protest at the Governments failure to protect Brazilians from COVID-19. Today Brazil's death toll reached 400,000. And an investigation into the government's mishandling of the pandemic is underway.

The video shows Brazilian activists protesting the government’s response to COVID-19 using mock graves and body bags on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach to represent those who have died.

location: Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil