Brazil Operation: COVID-19 Response, January 2021
(World News Brazil)

As of 31 January, Brazil reached a total of 9,118,513 confirmed cases and 222,666 deaths from COVID-19. The situation in Manaus, capital of the Amazonas state, rapidly deteriorated in January leading to a second collapse in the local healthcare system, characterized by long waiting lists for ICU beds and a serious lack of oxygen. COVID-19 infections, partly propelled by the discovery of a potentially more contagious variant in the region, surged by 125% in Manaus between 7 January and 22 January,...