Rio de Janeiro crumbles under pandemic
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 8 (EFE).- The coronavirus is advancing at galloping speed in Rio de Janeiro, where hospitals are collapsing with hundreds of patients awaiting care.
Emergency units are at full capacity and the economic crisis the iconic Brazilian city has witnessed for years has taken a dark turn amid the pandemic.
Despite the city facing a critical stage in its fight against the virus, Rio’s Mayor said it had only implemented 46 percent of contingency plans.
(Camera: DHAVID MIRANDA/ANTONIO LACERDA. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)
Emergency units are at full capacity and the economic crisis the iconic Brazilian city has witnessed for years has taken a dark turn amid the pandemic.
Despite the city facing a critical stage in its fight against the virus, Rio’s Mayor said it had only implemented 46 percent of contingency plans.
(Camera: DHAVID MIRANDA/ANTONIO LACERDA. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)