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Sao Paulo (Brazil), Apr 16 (EFE).- (Camera: Janaína Quinet/ Sebastiãor Moreira) For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, people under the age of 40 are the main patients being admitted at ICUs in Brazil. FOOTAGE OF THE PEDRO DELL ANTONIA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF SANTO ANDRE.
Sao Paulo (Brazil), Mar 24 (EFE).- (Camera: Wallace Carvalho) One year after the start of the pandemic, the number of coronavirus deaths and cases continue to grow day by day in Brazil, but aid for the most impoverished continues to drop. In Paraisópolis, one of the largest favelas in Sao Paulo, hunger hits the door of thousands of families hard.FOOTAGE OF THE FAVELAS AND PEOPLE QUEUEING TO GET FOOD.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:Juceni Rodrigues:"What helps me are the donations we receive here. Plates of food and food. That's what we have at home... when we have something at home, because for now, we have nothing at home." Regiane Aparecida:"Everything is expensive, the rice, the beans. Thank God we have the tuppers (where they get the food). I don't mind not eating, but the girls..."Great Trajan:"I'm not going to let despair drive me crazy. I'm going to be patient."Gilson Rodrigues, Community Leader:"The situation in Paraisópolis after a year is a situation aggravated by hunger and unemployment. The new normal is thousands of unemployed people with a lack of food on their plates""Aid has practically stopped coming since the end of last year and now is when we need it most."
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes hands over the keys of the Brazilian city to the Rei Momo - king of the carnival - marking the start of the first carnival since Covid-19 hit Brazil, promising a giant, glittering spectacle of pandemic catharsis. IMAGES
The trucker blockade that has shut down central Ottawa over Covid-19 restrictions continues into the night, as the two-week long protest movement continues to disrupt the Canadian economy and cross-border trade. IMAGES
People queue outside a Covid-19 test center as Germany hits a record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases. Germany's daily toll of new Covid-19 cases has topped 100,000 for the first time, according to data from the country's public health agency. IMAGES
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