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Eugene

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Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:01 AM Apr 2020

Brazil's Amazonas state warns its health system overwhelmed by coronavirus

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS APRIL 9, 2020 / 6:09 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Brazil's Amazonas state warns its health system overwhelmed by coronavirus

Bruno Kelly
3 MIN READ

MANAUS (Reuters) - Brazil’s Amazonas state warned on Thursday that its health system has been overwhelmed by the coronavirus epidemic, with all intensive care beds and ventilators already taken as a result of the outbreak.

As the virus spreads across the country from its epicenter in Brazil’s wealthiest city of Sao Paulo, it is highlighting the huge discrepancies in healthcare provisions in this continent-sized country.

Manaus, a city of 2 million in the heart of the Amazon rainforest and the capital of Amazonas, has been particularly hard hit, with 800 confirmed cases. The state as a whole has had 40 deaths out of around 900 confirmed cases.

Manaus is the only city in the state with intensive care units (ICUs).

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/brazils-amazonas-state-warns-its-health-system-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R3L3
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