#Manaus

COVID Impact

CovidSerology

Daily hospitalizations in Manaus has now passed the April peak. 778 patients in hospital with confirmed COVID and over 1k more suspected cases in hospital. SRAG indicators have been pointing

john mcclean : 😷 stay at home 😷

johnmcclean_ie

Manaus has a population of ~2 million.~45,000 are over 70. They have had 4,000 deaths already and are now experiencing a devastating 2nd wave.Ireland has ~450,000 over 70s and the

Neil O'Brien MP

NeilDotObrien

The below is wrong at several levels. In England and Wales, 65,000 aged 65+ have died with it, plus over 7,400 working age people. Many had prior medical conditions, but

wombot 👉👀👈

colourmeamused_

Everyone knows about Manaus right?*sees some blank looks*ok well here’s what I understand...https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n394 Sadly Manaus, a city of 2M in Brazil’s Amazonas ended up being a real life experiment of

Siddhartha Mukherjee

DrSidMukherjee

1/n Please pay attention, please. I'm afraid that we are falling behind in this COVID race. There are at least 4 variants of concern: variants arising in London, Manaus, Japan

Jean Pisani-Ferry

pisaniferry

The not-unexpected Manaus variant threat confronts the international community with a stark choice: either design and implement a comprehensive global strategy, or seal borders and let countries fight it out

Jean Marc Benoit MD

JeanmarcBenoit

Seasonality and lung infections: the case of Brazil. Currently, the equatorial metropolis of Manaus is the hotspot for covid in Brazil. In polar nations ie Canada, UK, seasonal variation in

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

World needs to know. A text this evening from colleague in middle income country. "We have a disaster here. Hospitals overwhelmed, critical oxygen shortages, soaring COVID numbers. New variant SARS-

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

The Great Barrington declaration, a dangerous ideology grounded in pseudoscience promoted by libertarians with vested interests has now embraced the government's policy as the 'focused protection' strategy they outlined.We shoul

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

I’ve thought long and hard about this. There is a constellation of circumstantial evidence around the most recently identified variant P.1, and what has been happening in Manaus, Brazil which

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Matter-of-fact recitation of the horror in Manaus from @DrMikeRyan:“ICU occupancy right now in Manaus is 100% over the full last two weeks.This is a health system under extreme pressure.”More than

Maestro ☈ayo

maestro_rayo

Time for a C19 hotspot update. In no particular order let's look at:* NYC* London* Manaus* Stockholmand Bruxelles. 1/ NYC: Hospitalizations and deaths. 2/ London: Hospitalizations and deaths in hospital.

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

The story of Manaus is worrisome1. Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil had an overwhelming initial surge (44% seropositive, likely 76% infected)2. Cases now surging again3. Mutant variants found spreading4. Variants like the

COVID Impact

CovidSerology

A new retrospective analysis of the first 250,000 hospitalized individuals with SARS-COV-2 infection (>20 years) across Brazil may provide some possible explanation for the surge in Manaus. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/artic

COVID Impact

CovidSerology

Manaus has now surpassed the very tragic 26/04 burial record of 167 with 198 burials in the past 24H (13/01) for a total of 1486 burials in January with 50%

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

There is a new ‘variant’ clearly identified today, P.1. And it is worth saying a little about what we have learned about it, and from the variants we have identified

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