'Covid is taking over': Brazil plunges into deadliest chapter of its epidemic

March 13, 2021

© Provided by The Guardian Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the media in Brasília, Brazil, on 10 March. © Provided by The Guardian Workers bury a person who died with Covid in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on 27 January. But we all know that the worst variant of all is the way the epidemic has been mishandled,” he said. © Provided by The Guardian Patients in the emergency room of a hospital that is overcrowding in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 11 March. Related: Lula excoriates Bolsonaro’s ‘moronic’ Covid response in comeback speechBarata said she also had the impression that her Covid patients were getting younger, and reaching hospital in a worse condition.