Brazil coronavirus: country in crisis as second wave and deadly new variant overwhelm hospitals CNN 3/11/2021 By Flora Charner and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN © Eraldo Peres/AP Healthcare workers wait in the rain as a patient suspected of having COVID-19 is brought by ambulance to the public HRAN Hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A second wave of Covid-19 is ripping through Brazil, pushing hospitals and ICUs toward collapse and claiming record numbers of daily deaths.
While a new variant of the coronavirus spreads throughout the country, many Brazilians continue to defy mask mandates mobility restrictions following the example of President Jair Bolsonaro, who recently said people need to stop being sissies and whining about the virus.
World News: Second COVID wave overwhelming hospitals in Brazil
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