Hospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages and desperate staff.
 

The city, in Amazonas state, has seen a rapid rise in deaths and infections.

Health professionals, quoted by local media, warned "many people" could die due to lack of supplies and assistance.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has received approval to conduct clinical trials of convalescent plasma therapy in 21 hospitals, the Health Ministry informed Friday during its evening briefing. In the last 24 hours, about 3,390 fresh Covid-19 cases have been reported pan-India totalling to 56,342 cases, including 1,886 deaths and 16,539 recovered.
 

APRNEWS - Researchers from half a dozen states in West Africa have joined together in a battle against what one expert calls a root crop “Ebola” a viral disease that could wreck the region’s staple food and condemn millions to hunger.