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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been widely accused of mishandling the coronavirus in his country. (Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images)
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RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil is in critical condition. Latin America s largest country is experiencing record-breaking death tolls and its health system is teetering on the brink of collapse. On Wednesday, it reported over 1,900 deaths in a 24-hour period, the highest single-day tally on record. Brazil already has the world s second-largest COVID-19 death toll 260,000 people and more than 10.7 million infected. The failure to slow the outbreak coupled with an anemic vaccination campaign has not only created a domestic tragedy, but a full-blown global threat.
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FILE PHOTO: A man waits to leave an oxygen cylinder, used by patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and receiving home care, with the SOS AM Group for refilling, in Manaus, Brazil, January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s prosecutor-general has opened a preliminary investigation into its president and health minister for possible negligence in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Manaus city, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Located deep in the Amazon rainforest, Manaus has been hit hard by a brutal second wave of virus infection that has pushed its emergency services to their breaking point. The city ran out of oxygen in January, prompting the federal government to fly in tanks from across the country in an attempt to save people from suffocating to death.
Brazilâs top prosecutor probes Bolsonaro over Manaus COVID-19 outbreak By Syndicated Content
By Ricardo Brito
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil s prosecutor-general has opened a preliminary investigation into its president and health minister for possible negligence in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Manaus city, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Located deep in the Amazon rainforest, Manaus has been hit hard by a brutal second wave of virus infection that has pushed its emergency services to their breaking point. The city ran out of oxygen in January, prompting the federal government to fly in tanks from across the country in an attempt to save people from suffocating to death.