A review article published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology by researchers affiliated with the Federal University of São Paulo in Brazil discusses the mechanisms whereby SARS-CoV-2 damages the kidneys, potentially serving as a basis for further research in pursuit of treatments to prevent severe renal problems and even chronic kidney disease in COVID-19 patients.
Brazil's Sao Paulo extends COVID-19 restriction phase, but eases commercial activity ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 06:38 IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The government of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo on Friday extended for two more weeks its restriction phase, and night curfew established to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, although it eased restrictions on businesses and restaurants.
During a press conference, the governor of Sao Paulo, Joao Doria, explained that the decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations allows for the relaxation of restrictions, after the collapse of the hospital system in March and April in almost all of Brazil due to an 85 to 100 percent occupancy of intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
Second Brazil wave strains hospitals in Sao Paulo's interior
by Tatiana Pollastri And Diane Jeantet, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 28, 2021 6:03 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 6:14 pm EDT
Health workers pull a COVID-19 patient from an ambulance into Santa Casa Hospital in Jau, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The Santa Casa hospital is operating at full capacity and patients take turns receiving oxygen. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
JAU, Brazil — Rodinei Silva made two trips this week to the Santa Casa de Jau hospital in the interior of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. First, he brought his wife, who was suffering COVID-19 symptoms including trouble breathing. She tested positive, but was sent home with medication because space was scarce.
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Rodinei Silva made two trips this week to the Santa Casa de Jau hospital in the interior of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. First, he brought his wife, who was suffering COVID-19 symptoms including trouble breathing. She tested positive, but was sent home with medication because space was scarce.
“There were no beds on Tuesday,” Silva, 65, said, adding that his wife’s condition is deteriorating at home. He returned to the hospital on Thursday because he was showing symptoms.
Each day, several patients like Silva turn up at the hospital in the municipality of about 152,000 people, seeking treatment. But the facility also admits COVID-19 patients from 11 surrounding cities, and it reached capacity on Jan. 18.