Afonso Brito News Today

In large Amazonian cities like Manaus and Belém, church groups have noticed increasing numbers of homeless people on the streets and higher demands for donations.

Jan 18, 2021 contributor The relatives of patients with COVID-19 take an empty oxygen tank to their car which they will drive to a store to be refilled and bring back, outside the Joventina Dias Hospital in Manaus, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (Credit: Edmar Barros/AP.) After a second wave of COVID-19 hit Brazil at the beginning of January, the healthcare system has been struggling to cope, with the medical oxygen supply in the city of Manaus being depleted. SÃO PAULO – After a second wave...