FILE PHOTO: People travel on a bus during the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
November 17, 2021
BRASILIA (Reuters) – COVID-19 deaths have decreased 17% in the Americas over the past week, but the most populous countries like the United States, Brazil and Colombia are seeing a leveling of new infections after weeks of declining trends, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday.
Mexico is reporting an increasing trend in new deaths and in the Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago has had a sharp rise in deaths as ICU beds fill with COVID-19 patients, PAHO said. Countries across Central and South America are seeing a decline in new infections, except for Bolivia, the health agency said.
(Reporting by Anthony Boadle)
Source: One America News Network
