A family’s vaccine hopes shattered in Brazil
As newly vaccinated people in countries such as the United States and Britain celebrate their freedom from the pandemic, the shots are coming too late for others in the rest of the world. A vicious COVID-19 variant cut through three generations of the large, close-knit Cunha family in Brazil. Within the space of six weeks, several would be intubated and four would die.
Myanmar COVID-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup
Breathless, fevered and without the extra oxygen that could help keep them alive, the new coronavirus patients at a hospital near Myanmar’s border with India highlight the threat to a health system near collapse since February’s coup.
