Zoom News : Apr 02, 2021, 04:22 PM
GENEVA- A number of states in Brazil are in critical condition and hospitals are overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Organization epidemiologist Maria van Kerkhove told a briefing on Thursday.“Indeed there is a very serious situation going on in Brazil right now, where we have a number of states in critical condition,” she said, adding that many hospital intensive care units are more than 90% full.Brazil, where a more transmissible virus variant is circulating, has become an epicenter of the pandemic.