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The number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) continues to increase in the country, especially infections caused by respiratory
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Rafael da Silva, 56, a hospital security guard, had been battling with COVID-19 symptoms for just more than a week when they began to intensify. But when his family rushed him to hospital, he was sent home. “All the doctor did was offer him treatment as if it were a cold,” his son, Rafael da Silva Jr told Al Jazeera. After deteriorating for four days, he was again taken to a COVID-19 hospital with shortness of breath and put on oxygen. The doctors said da Silva Sr should be on a ventilator. “But there are no intensive care beds left,” his son said. “They a...