Brazil's Amazonas state running out of oxygen amid rise in COVID-19 deaths
Hospitals in Brazilian state of Amazonas are running out of oxygen amid rise in COVID-19 deaths, its government said on Thursday. Amazonas Congressman Marcelo Ramos said the state has appealed to US to send a military transport plane to the capital city Manaus with oxygen cylinders. According to media reports, people on respirators were dying due to suffocation in hospitals.