Governor of Amazonas says situation critical as alarming details emerge about breakdown of health system in state capital Manaus

Health workers in Brazil’s largest state are begging for help and oxygen supplies after an explosion of Covid deaths and infections that one official compared to a tsunami and said could be linked to a new variant.

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