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As Europe considers the next steps over possible side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine, let's turn to a country in Latin America where the ravages of the pandemic are so bad that such issues feel remote right now.

We've already reported about the crisis in Brazil where the daily number of Covid-related deaths passed 4,000 for the first time.

Dr Pedro Hallal, an epidemiologist from the Federal University of Pelotas in the south of the country, has now described people's desperation in an interview for BBC World Service.

“Our situation is so severe now, with the cases, deaths and ICU [intensive care unit] occupancy, that we pretty much don’t have time to think about the vaccines," he said.

"Unfortunately that is not a priority right now – which is difficult to understand, but this is where we are in Brazil. It’s impossible to be positive nowadays in Brazil.

“Most Brazilian scientists are saying that if the world doesn’t focus on Brazil right now, then maybe the vaccination [success] in other countries might be lost, if a new variant is likely to develop here in Brazil."