{"id":9171,"date":"2021-04-22T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/brazil-now-has-the-worlds-worst-covid-outbreak-experts-blame-variants\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T07:50:00","slug":"brazil-now-has-the-worlds-worst-covid-outbreak-experts-blame-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/brazil-now-has-the-worlds-worst-covid-outbreak-experts-blame-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Now Has The World\u2019s Worst Covid Outbreak. Experts Blame Variants."},"content":{"rendered":"

Topline Brazil faces its most severe Covid-19 surge since the pandemic began, with more daily infections and deaths than any other country in recent days, because of what some health officials are blaming on a coronavirus variant that has spread rapidly in Brazil, and reached other countries like the United States.\u00a0 Health workers care for patients infected with Covid-19 in a full emergency room in southern Brazil … [+] on Thursday. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts The Brazilian government reported 2,216 Covid-19 deaths Friday, and it posted a record 2,286 deaths on Wednesday, eclipsing the United States as the country with the world\u2019s worst daily death count \u2014 last month, Brazil\u2019s daily deaths almost never exceeded 1,500. Infections in Brazil have also been on the rise for weeks, logging 85,663 new cases on Friday, the country\u2019s second worst jump in infections since the start of the pandemic. This surge has strained the country\u2019s health system: Hospital intensive care units are above 90% capacity in most of Brazil\u2019s state capital cities, a situation the Fiocruz public health institute described as a \u201csituation of collapse\u201d on Friday. Public health experts have pinned some blame for the surge on a more contagious coronavirus variant that emerged in western Brazil in January and has become pervasive across much of the country in recent weeks. Fiocruz is pleading with Brazilians to stem the virus\u2019 spread by socially distancing and wearing masks, but far-ri… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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