near the doctor s feet. i couldn t believe it. do you believe there is something that could have been done differently to save aline s life? i wish i had taken the vaccine for covid. brazil has the second highest number of covid related deaths worldwide, yet only over 16% of the population have been fully vaccinated so far. and until the pandemic is brought under control in brazil, thousands of pregnant women will remain at risk. nathalia passarinho, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news. turning to the olympics now and we ve reached the middle
she died a few days later. her babies were born on the same day. translation: for me, it was a big shock. - i fell down to my knees near the doctor s feet. i couldn t believe it. do you believe there is something that could have been done differently to save aline s life? i wish i had taken the vaccine for covid. brazil has the second highest number of covid related deaths worldwide, yet only over 16% of the population have been
the city of sao paulo. it is the only unit in the country dedicated to pregnant women with covid. why are so many pregnant women dying of covid in brazil? translation: we have serious problems with l the quality of assistance. one in five women that died did not have access to an intensive care unit. one in three didn t have access to intubation. the unit helped bring mortality rates down in the city, but in the poorer parts of brazil, access to even a hospital bed remains a challenge. in a remote village in north eastern brazil, expedito s wife aline was only 27 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with covid. she had to be driven for two hours to reach a hospital bed. she died a few days later. her babies were born on the same day. translation: for me, it was a big shock. - i fell down to my knees
dr rossana pulcineli in the intensive care unit she helped open in the city of sao paulo. it is the only unit in the country dedicated to pregnant women with covid. why are so many pregnant women dying of covid in brazil? translation: we have serious problems with l the quality of assistance. one in five women that died did not have access to an intensive care unit. one in three didn t have access to intubation. the unit helped bring mortality rates down in the city, but in the poorer parts of brazil, access to even a hospital bed remains a challenge. in a remote village in north eastern brazil, expedito s wife aline was only 27 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with covid. she had to be driven for two hours to reach a hospital bed. she died a few days later.
her babies were born on the same day. translation: for me, it was a big shock. - i fell down to my knees near the doctor s feet. i couldn t believe it. do you believe there is something that could have been done differently to save aline s life? i wish i had taken the vaccine for covid. brazil has the second highest number of covid related deaths worldwide, yet only over 16% of the population have been fully vaccinated so far. and until the pandemic is brought under control in brazil, thousands of pregnant women will remain at risk. nathalia passarinho, bbc news. zimbabwe s president says more needs to be done to tackle the country s crystal meth crisis, which is an issue amongst children