Health systems in most of Brazil’s largest cities are close to collapse due to Covid-19 cases, a report by the country’s Fiocruz institute warns. More than 80% of ICU beds are occupied in the capitals of 25 of Brazil’s 27 states and on Tuesday the country recorded 1,972 Covid deaths, a new daily record. Brazil has recorded 266,000 deaths and 11 million cases since the pandemic began. This video from last week shows Sao Paolo governor João Doria pleading with President Jair Bolsonaro to “put lives before the economy”.
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