COVID: Brazil faces oxygen shortage as new variant spreads

  • Date: 15-Jan-2021
  • Source: Egypt Independent
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Middle East
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COVID: Brazil faces oxygen shortage as new variant spreads

Amazonas state in northern Brazil has admitted it is running short of oxygen to help those hospitalized with COVID-19 to breathe as the country struggles with a new variant of the coronavirus. The city of Manaus has "run out of oxygen and some health centers have become a type of suffocation chamber,“ Jessem Orellana, from the “¦ Continued

The post COVID: Brazil faces oxygen shortage as new variant spreads appeared first on Egypt Independent.Amazonas state in northern Brazil has admitted it is running short of oxygen to help those hospitalized with COVID-19 to breathe as the country struggles with a new variant of the coronavirus. The city of Manaus has "run out of oxygen and some health centers have become a type of suffocation chamber,“ Jessem Orellana, from the “¦ Continued

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