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Added on the 27/05/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Several thousand "angry" midwives set off from the Montparnasse district in Paris for a demonstration to demand more recognition for their "suffering" in current working conditions. IMAGES
Cochabamba, May 29 (EFE).- The Bolivian city of Cochabamba, one of the major cities in the country, has been following a strict weekend quarantine Saturday in order to curb the third wave of COVID-19, which left several cities without oxygen.The quarantine was mostly carried out in this city, which is one of the most affected by the third wave of the pandemic, although there are some neighborhoods in the south of Cochabamba that did not follow the measure. (Camera: CLAUDIO ÁBREGO).SHOT LIST: THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN COCHABAMBA AND B-ROLL OF COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA, DURING THE THIRD WAVE OF PANDEMIC.
Caracas, Mar 15 (EFE), (CAMERA: Jackdwin Saez) .- Finding a bed in the intensive care units (ICU) of Caracas is almost impossible, with most beds occupied by the increase in cases of COVID-19.
Manaus (Brazil), Jan 28 (EFE).- (Camera: Raphael Alves) Ilton Alves has been fighting Covid-19 in the Amazon for more than ten days. He had to pay for the oxygen out of his pocket. Neither his private health insurance nor the public service has treated him. They are collapsed. It is the dramatic reality of the Brazilian state most affected by the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF ILTON AND HIS WIFE ADJANIR.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATION OF:Adjanir:"At 58 years old I never thought I would go through everything I'm going through. Seeing my husband sick, without a hospital to take care of him, without having an emergency care, if a life or death situation happens, I have nowhere to go and I have to work to pay the bills and at the expense of getting sick too." Ilton:"I never imagined that I would need oxygen at home, because we have health insurance. The last time I went to the hospital they didn't see me because the hospital was closed. The security guard said it was closed and there would be no service at all. I was sad because we paid health insurance and yet nothing happened at the time. There was no need to hospitalize, but at least to tend to patients, prescribe medications. I went home discouraged."
Pulse oximeters measure the percentage of oxygen in the blood when clipped onto a fingertip. And according to HuffPost, they're becoming increasingly popular for home use. People are buying them to monitor a family member if he or she becomes seriously ill with COVID-19. Doctors praise the use of pulse oximeters because they can alert people who don’t realize they’re gravely ill to the fact that their body is struggling for oxygen. One of the biggest worries with COVID-19 is when someone doesn’t realize their oxygen levels have dropped because they don’t actually feel unwell. It's a phenomenon sometimes referred to as happy hypoxia or silent hypoxia. As a normal reading usually ranges from 95-100%, if your reading is under 95%, it's a red flag. Seek medical attention immediately.
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