Doctors have warned that a growing number of babies in Brazil are mysteriously dying of COVID-19.
Why does Brazil have terrifying COVID-19 deaths in children?
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Coronavirus Pandemic Overwhelms Brazilian City Of Manaus MANAUS, BRAZIL - MAY 21: A nurse wearing a protective mask and shield holds an indigenous baby while his mother gets vaccination at Parque das Tribos community, on May 21 2020 in Manaus, Brazil. Medical teams from Healths Secretary of Manaus area performing vaccination against flu and testing to detect coronavirus (COVID-19) infecctions on indigenous communities.
Despite overwhelming evidence that the coronavirus seldom kills children under the age of five, 1,300 babies have died due to it in the last year. The increased deaths are being blamed on Brazil s COVID-19 infection rate, the second-highest in the world, a significant lack of monitoring, and a president accused of failing to treat the virus seriously enough.