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


  • World
  • Friday, 10 Apr 2020

People with protective masks walk during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near the Port of Manaus, Brazil April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

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.

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