Covid-19 Pandemic In Brazil -- News Updates April 23, 2021

Bloomberg: Where Covid-19 kills the young: Brazil shows what may await others 

BRASILIA (BLOOMBERG) - Mr Rodolpho Sousa, a 28-year-old Brazilian lawyer, had been working from home near Rio de Janeiro when, in late February, one of his clients was jailed. 

Covid-19 was hitting the prison and he was worried about her, less about himself. He went there to get her out. His cough started a few days later and wouldn't quit. 

He went to an emergency clinic, where, his lungs down to half their capacity, he was diagnosed with Covid-19. 

In the two days he waited for a hospital transfer, he was witness to an infernal scene - patients his age dying on either side of him.  

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More News On The Covid-19 Pandemic In Brazil  

In Brazil, alarm over no-shows for second Covid vaccine dose -- NBC News  

Brazil’s ‘rapid and violent’ Covid variant devastates Latin America -- The Guardian 

In the fight against COVID, Brazil’s surge won’t stay in Brazil -- Fortune  

Ravaged by Covid, Brazil Faces a Hunger Epidemic -- New York Times

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