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Hundreds of protesters take part in a demonstration demanding the legalization of marijuana at Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro, Apr 15 (EFE), (Camera: Janaína Quinet).- A hospital in Rio de Janeiro is using letters and messages from relatives to give hope to patients with covid-19.
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."
Chula Vista, Feb 6 (EFE/EPA).- Located by the Mexican border, the Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center in California has been recognized as a center of treatment for COVID-19patients and has received many Mexican nationals who crossed the border seeking care for the disease. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT).SHOT LIST: HEALTH PERSONNEL TAKE CARE OF COVID-19 PATIENTS AT THE SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER IN CHULA VISTA, SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to move forward with marijuana legalization. Cuomo will push for it during the state's 2021 legislative session. Business Insider reports the governor announced his intentions in his daily press briefing on Wednesday. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought New York a $15 billion deficit. Legalizing marijuana is one way the state government intends to bring in additional tax revenue. "Too many people have been imprisoned, incarcerated, and punished. It's exaggerated the injustice of the justice system."
As cases of the novel coronavirus surge, California is setting up tents and trailers to use as field hospitals to take in more patients. Hospitals are building field hospitals outside their facilities in an effort to deal with the overflow of COVID-19 patients. The state's 'mass fatality' program is for when 'there are more deaths in a given time period than the local coroner or medical emergency personnel could handle.' California has seen a 19.4% increase in confirmed cases over the past week, with more than 37,000 new cases on Monday alone. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and UC Irvine will add 50 more beds in mobile units "equipped with running water, lighting and air purifiers."
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