In Brazil, South America, the pace of spread of the new coronavirus has accelerated since the beginning of the year, and the cumulative number of infected people has exceeded 10 million.
Especially in the northern states where the Amazon rainforests are located, the infection of the mutant virus is spreading rapidly and the medical system is tight.
In Brazil, the cumulative number of people infected with the new corona exceeded 10 million on the 18th, making it the third highest in the world after the United States and India.
Since the beginning of this year, the number of infected people per day has exceeded 50,000 every day, and the pace of infection spread has exceeded the peak in July last year, especially in the northern part where the world's largest tropical rainforest Amazon is located. The infection in the state is serious.
Of these, the state of Amazonas has more than 2,400 deaths per million people, which is an extremely high level in the world.
In the state of Amazonas, infection with a variant virus different from that spread in the United Kingdom and South Africa is spreading, many hospitals are chronically deficient in oxygen cylinders, and patients who cannot be hospitalized are transferred to other cities. It is a situation to do.
In Brazil, vaccination began last month, but many cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, have been short of vaccines and have been forced to suspend vaccinations, and effective measures have not been taken.