Brazil s strongman leader and a deadly COVID-19 variant are a âperfect stormâ for the worldâs coronavirus epicentre
By North America correspondent Barbara Miller and Alexandre Rampazzo in São Paulo, Brazil
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Fabricio tried to ride out COVID-19 by taking azithromycin, but his symptoms worsened.Â
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Even with the coronavirus surging across Brazil, Fabricio Silva Costa never thought he would get COVID-19.
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Many of Brazil s ICU wards are at 90 per cent or above capacity
Sharp increase of patients under the age of 60 is thought in part to be due to the spread of the Brazil COVID-19 variant
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Houston Health Department finds large amount of UK coronavirus variant in wastewater testing
From CNN’s Kelsie Smith
Dr. David Persse speaks at a press conference on Monday, March 8. Pool
Houston health officials announced that the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant first seen in the UK has been identified in over half of the city’s wastewater treatment plants.
“There is a fairly large amount of the UK variant in our community,” said Houston Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Persse in a news conference. “And it is spreading.”
Persse said the variant was identified in 21 out of 39 wastewater treatment plants on Feb. 8 and two weeks later on Feb. 22 the variant was found in 31 plants.