Officials in Rio de Janeiro and at least four other major cities warn that their hospital systems are on the verge of collapse, or already too overwhelmed to take any more patients.
Cases of COVID-19 are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hot spots.
Health experts expect the number of infections in the country of 211 million people will be much higher than what has been reported because of insufficient and delayed testing. Ytalo Rodrigues, a 20-year-old driver for a funerary service provider in Manaus, said he had retrieved one body after another for more than 36 hours, without a break. There were so many deaths, his employer had to add a second hearse, Rodrigues said.
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