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History is repeating itself in the Amazon - nine months after the biggest city in the rainforest was overrun by cases, Manaus is once again struggling to cope with Covid-19.
It’s a picture that’s being repeated throughout Brazil - hospital beds filling up, medical teams working relentlessly. On Thursday, the very day Brazil passed 200,000 deaths, it also clocked another unwelcome record: nearly 88,000 new cases in 24 hours. It was the highest number since the pandemic began.
In total, nearly eight million people in South America’s largest economy have been infected.
But it feels like the pandemic’s been forgotten here - it’s peak summer, holiday season. People are relaxing and dropping their guard.
"They are not taking it seriously. The beaches, the Brazilian coast was crowded and this proves that people still need to have more awareness and take this virus more seriously," said Alexandre Nunes, a Portuguese student.
As yet, no national vaccination plan has been rolled out – and President Jair Bolsonaro has made his views clear, last month stoking concerns about their safety.
But there was a glimmer of hope on Thursday.
Results from late-stage trials showed that the vaccine being jointly developed by Chinese biotech company Sinovac and the São Paulo-based Butantan research centre was between 78% and 100% effective against Covid-19.
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2021-01-08 10:18:45Z
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