Brazil rushes to save premature babies as Covid-19 swamps Manaus hospitals
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#5CWNC)
- State hopes to transfer at least 60 babies from neonatal units
- Air force evacuates coronavirus patients from Amazon city
Authorities in the Brazilian Amazon are reportedly racing to save dozens of premature babies after a surge in coronavirus cases caused a catastrophic breakdown in the oxygen supply to hospitals and clinics.
On Friday CNN Brasil reported that the northern state of Amazonas was seeking to transfer at least 60 babies from neonatal units in its capital, Manaus, to hospitals elsewhere in the country.
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