Brazil is one of the hardest-hit nations in the pandemic, but the situation in the
Amazon region is even worse. Graves are being hastily dug in uneven rows, hospitals are overrun, some patients are being flown elsewhere for treatment and there are reports that one recovering
Covid-19 patient was reinfected by a more contagious variant that recently surfaced in the area.
Now, medical facilities in Manaus, the biggest city and capital of Amazonas state, are dangerously low on oxygen after running out completely earlier this month. On Wednesday, the Pope said he was praying especially for the people of Manaus. According to a study published in Science in December, an estimated 76% of the city’s population has detectable antibodies, a proportion nearly three times that of the country’s original coronavirus epicenter: Sao Paulo.
Oxygen Shortage Plunges the Amazonâs Capital Into a Covid Nightmare
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Brazil is one of the hardest-hit nations in the pandemic, but the situation in the Amazon region is even worse. Graves are being hastily dug in uneven rows, hospitals are overrun, some patients are being flown elsewhere for treatment and there are reports that one recovering Covid-19 patient was reinfected by a more contagious variant that recently surfaced in the area.
Now, medical facilities in Manaus, the biggest city and capital of Amazonas state, are dangerously low on oxygen after running out completely earlier this month. On Wednesday, the Pope said he was praying especially for the people of Manaus. According to a study published in Science in December, an estimated 76% of the city s population has detectable antibodies, a proportion nearly three times that of the countryâs