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In Brazil s Manaus, young people step up as Covid bites
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22/01/2021 - 22:02 3 min
Manaus (Brazil) (AFP)
Haylena Barbosa, a 22-year-old Brazilian, has put her old life on hold to help ease the pain and logistical challenges wrought by a devastating second wave of Covid-19 in her home city of Manaus in the Amazon.
More than 4,000 people have died in Manaus since the epidemic started last year, and the city is struggling to cope with a fresh onslaught its hospitals are running low on beds and medical oxygen.
Manaus has seen record burials and refrigerated trucks have had to be brought in to hold bodies.
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