RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The healthcare system in Brazil's largest city is "collapsing", said São Paulo mayor Bruno Covas, who on Thursday, March 18th, confirmed the first death in the São Paulo capital due to the unavailability of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds to treat Covid-19 patients.
"The lethality rate is lower than last year's peak, because our professionals are better prepared to care for patients. But now, if this curve [of infections] continues to grow, we will see an increase in cases of people who can't get ICU beds," Covas said. There were . . .
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