Brazil airlifts emergency oxygen into pandemic-struck state, vaccine drive lags
5 Min Read MANAUS/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s Air Force flew emergency oxygen supplies on Friday to the jungle state of Amazonas devastated by a resurgent pandemic and the government scrambled to organize nationwide vaccinations while President Jair Bolsonaro said he “should be at the beach.” A truck is loaded with oxygen to fill the local hospitals, after it arrived on a Brazilian Air Force airplane in Manaus airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brazil January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly Doctors in Amazonas were using their own vehicles to transport patients...
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