him. who himself tested positive for covid-19 and recently told brazilian people to, quote, stop whining about the death toll. now the health care system is on the brink of collapse, with the highly contagious p-1 variant running rampant, especially among younger people. just this week, brazilian officials announcing they ve detected another new variant. we don t have enough space, enough beds, enough oxygen, enough medications for all these people with this variant. reporter: the rapidly spreading virus severely outpacing vaccine distribution. just over 2% of the population is fully vaccinated so far. maria de jesus 22-year-old son renan was stuck on a waiting list for an icu bed in sao paulo. by the time he received treatment for the coronavirus, it was too late. he died two weeks ago. now telling us she doesn t want anyone to suffer the way she is now. tell her i wish i could give her a hug right now.