Brazilians buy oxygen tank refills for sick relatives amid Covid surge

Relatives of Brazilian Covid-19 patients lined up with oxygen tanks to buy refills in Manaus, which is fast running out of beds and life-saving oxygen amid a devastating second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic.

With hospitalizations reaching even higher levels than during the first wave, Manaus has again had to deploy refrigerator trucks to store corpses as emergency oxygen supplies were rushed in from outside and patients flown to hospitals in other states. Brazil's health regulator granted emergency approval for two coronavirus vaccines on Sunday.