Covid surge in South America as Brazil variant spreads - BBC
WEBApr 6, 2021 · What is the Brazil variant? Brazilian public health institute Fiocruz says it has detected 92 variants of coronavirus in the country. Experts say that the development of new variants is...
The Brazil Variant: Here's What We Know So Far - ScienceAlert
WEBThe 'Brazil variant' - a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus that emerged in the Amazon late last year - is fueling fears the pandemic could flare anew, leading several countries to suspend flights from Brazil. Here is a rundown of what we know - and don't - about the variant known as P1.
Brazil plunges into crisis as a second wave and deadly new variant ...
WEBMar 10, 2021 · With Brazilian hospitals overloaded and government officials divided over lockdown measures, the country has few defenses against a coronavirus variant that …
Brazil’s Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists Say
WEBMar 3, 2021 · But Brazil is battling a more contagious variant that has trampled one major city and is spreading to others, even as Brazilians toss away precautionary measures …
Covid-19: How the Brazil variant took hold of South America
WEBMay 20, 2021 · Around 400 000 Brazilians have now died from covid-19—13% of the world’s covid-19 deaths and more than the country’s entire AIDS epidemic. Epidemiologists say poverty, multigenerational housing, and informal labour have hindered the public health response, as they have across South America.
Covid-19: Brazil experts issue warning as hospitals 'close to collapse'
WEBMar 10, 2021 · What is the Brazil variant? Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to 'stop whining' as deaths spike. The country has recorded more than 270,000 deaths and 11.2 million …
Covid: Brazil has more than 4,000 deaths in 24 hours for first time - BBC
WEBApr 7, 2021 · Brazil has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time, as a more contagious variant fuels a surge in cases.
Tracking the Evolution of a ‘Variant of Concern’ in Brazil
WEBApr 27, 2021 · The P.1 variant continues to spread rapidly across Brazil. It has also been detected in more than 37 countries [4], including the United States, where it now accounts for more than 1 percent of new cases [5].
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma lineage introduction and COVID-19 ...
WEBApr 13, 2022 · The emergence of the Brazilian variant of concern, Gamma lineage (P.1), impacted the epidemiological profile of COVID-19 cases due to its higher transmissibility rate and immune evasion...
Genomic epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil
WEBAug 18, 2022 · Our findings show that genomic surveillance in Brazil enabled assessment of the real-time spread of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is assessed using phylogenetic...