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gasworld understands the situation remains grave in the Brazilian city. Mid-January saw widespread reports that hospitals in Manaus had reached ‘breaking point’ in their treatment of growing numbers of Covid-19 patients, as oxygen shortages took hold in the region. The city, with a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, in Amazonas state and around 3,900km north of the city of Sao Paulo, was understood to be experiencing a surge in both infections and fatalities – and at the mercy of dwindling oxygen supply. In the days and weeks since, various accounts have painted a picture similar to...

English Situation Report on Brazil and 31 other countries about Health and Epidemic; published on 26 Jan 2021 by PAHO and WHO

Guarani leader Tupã Gabriel, from Guaíra, gets the coronavirus vaccine. (Credit: Tupã Gabriel/Courtesy to Crux.) Indigenous people in Brazil are facing obstacles to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, despite being considered a priority group. SÃO PAULO – Indigenous people in Brazil are facing obstacles to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, despite being considered a priority group. Brazil began COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 17, and the bishops’ conference’s Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) has been campaigning to guarantee full access to the vaccine for the country’s indigenous peop...

COVID-19 leaves Amazonas health system saturated, overloaded and struggling Format The health system in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, in northwestern Brazil, has collapsed for the second time. Although hospitals have been adding COVID-19 bed capacity at an astonishing rate, the numbers of new patients with the coronavirus have continued to grow even faster, meaning the entire health system is saturated and overloaded. More seriously, the city's capacity to produce oxygen is running at less than a third of the current needs, leaving some hospitals unable to ventilate patients and repo...

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