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COVID-19 HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS: BRAZIL'S FIRST AND SECOND WAVES COMPARED
Bastos, Leonardo S. L. et al. | Date Issued: 2021
Author
Bastos, Leonardo S. L.
Ranzani, Otavio T.
Souza, Thiago Moreno L.
Hamacher, Silvio
Bozza, Fernando A.
Affilliation
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Engenharia Industrial. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
ISGlobal. Barcelona Institute for Global Health. Barcelona, Spain / Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Hospital das Clínicas. Instituto do Coração. Divisão Pulmonar. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde. Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Inovação em Doenças de Populações Negligenciadas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Engenharia Industrial. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Brazil is one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 16 million confirmed cases and 454 429 confirmed deaths by May 26, 2021 (according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center). The beginning of 2021 was marked by a second wave of COVID-19, which had different features to the first wave, with simultaneous, explosive surges of COVID-19 cases across different regions of the country that added enormous pressure to a health system already under strain after a year of the pandemic. This second wave was contemporary with the discovery, expansion, and dominance of variants of interest (VoI) and variants of concern (VoC) in Brazil.
Keywords
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
First and second waves
Hospital admissions
Brazil
 
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Elsevier
Citation
BASTOS, Leonardo S. L. et al. COVID-19 hospital admissions: Brazil's first and second waves compared. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, v. 9, n. 8, p. 82-83, 2021.
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10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00287-3
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2213-2600
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