Brazil beat 310,000 coronavirus death toll

With these figures, the country has so far 12,490,362 confirmed cases, with 310,550 deaths.

This week, the country reiterated that it is going through the worst moment in its history, marked by the Manaus variant which is wreaking havoc in the hospital system.

On Friday, he recorded a record of daily deaths, with 3,650, in a context with 80% of the territory in health collapse.

The situation of the South American giant arouses fear in governments across the region because of the dangerousness of the Manaus strain.

“Unfortunately, the terrible situation in Brazil is also affecting neighboring countries”, said Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

The agency assured that the rebound in cases in the Venezuelan states of Bolívar and Amazonas, as well as in the department of Pando (Bolivia) and Loreto (Peru) is explained by their proximity to Brazil.

Although it was detected late last year in the city of Manaus, three months later the variant has already been identified in 32 countries and territories in America and could not be blocked with the interruption of flights. and border crossings ordered by health authorities.

“It’s not just the health care system that has collapsed. There was also a lack of supplies and oxygen. It was something dramatic, desperate, ”said Adele Benzaken, a doctor from Manos, a city of 2.2 million people.

“You have no idea what it’s like to see family members running around to get an oxygen sensor. There was fighting in the places where they sold them ”, counted.