Brazil hospitals pushed to limit as COVID-19 death toll soars

Q: Hospitals in Brazil’s main cities are reaching capacity, health officials warned, as the country recorded the world’s highest COVID-19 death toll last week. Where is Brazil?

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Q: In Brazil’s wealthiest state, at least 30 patients died this month while waiting for beds in intensive care units. That state has the same name as nation’s largest city ..

A. Brasilia

B. Manus

C. Rio de Janerio

D. Sao Paulo

Q: President Jair Bolsonaro told Brazilians to “stop whining” last week as the nation reported more than 278,000 deaths. What is Brazil’s capital?

A. Brasilia

B. Manus

C. Rio de Janerio

D. Sao Paulo

Q: Brazil is being ravaged by a mutant strain of the coronavirus which is up to twice as transmittable as the original version of the virus. It is believed to have originated in what city in the Amazon River basin?

A. Brasilia

B. Manus

C. Rio de Janerio

D. Sao Paulo

Q: COVID-19 has killed more than 2.6 million people worldwide – more than 534,000 of them in the United States. What nation ranks third in total reported deaths after Brazil?

A. India

B. Italy

C. Mexico

D. United Kingdom


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