Coronavirus Pandemic Reaches Critical Point in Brazil On March 26, public health officials in Brazil reported 3,650 COVID-19 deaths, a statistic that sets a new record since the pandemic was declared in that country a year ago.
The coronavirus contagion and mortality rates in Brazil are the second highest in the world behind the United States, but this South American nation has hit a dangerous impasse with regard to hospitalizations.
According to a report by Jornal Nacional, more than 6,000 patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infections are awaiting admission to intensive care units, but there are beds available; this is despite a mobilization of military medical units that have set up field hospitals around the country.
A separate report broadcast by CNN International featured a physician who said he was forced to take an elderly patient off a ventilator in order to free up an ICU bed for a younger patient; this harsh triage decision was based on the rationale that patients who have more productive years ahead of their lives deserve another chance to survive. Four Deaths Reported During Extreme Weather Conditions in Southern U.S. Torrential rainstorms and flash flooding left four people dead in the Nashville metropolitan area over the weekend. Rescuers were able to reach 150 people in neighborhoods and roads that had become dangerously over-flooded with more than four feet of water.
These storms unfolded in the midst of tornado activity that destroyed two homes in Henderson County on Saturday night; a few days ago, five people were killed around the southern United States as a result of inclement weather that produced more than 40 tornadoes. Nashville is under a state of emergency declaration until water recedes and the storm systems dissipates. Terrorist Attack in Colombia Leaves 43 Injured Renegade guerrilla fighters have been accused of being responsible for a car bombing in the Cauca province of Colombia this weekend. The explosion went off in front of a the Corinto City Hall; the victims included 11 public officials.
The Ministry of Defense labeled the incident as an act of terrorism carried out by the Dagoberto Ramos group, a guerrilla faction that did not accept the 2016 peace accord between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the government.
It is estimated that more than 2,000 renegade fighters have set up camps in the vast jungles of Colombia, where they provide security for drug cartels involved in the production of cocaine hydrochloride. The terrorism activities of these groups are reportedly conducted in retaliation for drug interdiction operations or under the guise of leftist ideology Spring Break Violence Grows Out of Control in Virginia and Florida Two people were killed and 10 others were injured by gunfire in Virginia Beach over the weekend; meanwhile, in Miami Beach, residents staged a street protest demanding city officials to do something about the chaotic spring break they just endured.
After spring break was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, American college students seemed to be energized to join the festivities this year, and they largely chose coastal spots in Florida and Virginia because they could not get around pandemic travel restrictions; unfortunately, violence marred the celebrations in both Miami Beach and Virginia Beach, where shootings, murders, rapes, and numerous street brawls were reported.
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