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DNH 2021 DNH 2021 · 14/04/2021
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People under 40 in greater danger from COVID than those above?

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The surging COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil is increasingly affecting younger people, with hospital data showing that last month the majority of those in intensive care were aged 40 or younger, according to a new report.

The report, released by the Brazilian Association of Intensive Medicine over the weekend, is based on data from over a third of all the country’s intensive care wards. It found a significant increase in younger people being admitted to beds in Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

For the first time since the outbreak reached Brazil last year,

52% of ICU beds were filled by patients aged 40 or younger.

That is a jump of 16.5% compared to the occupancy of that age group between December and February.

It is not clear why more young people are falling seriously ill during the current wave of the virus in Brazil, but some scientists think the new P1 variant that originated in the Amazon city of Manaus could be at least partly to blame. Other factors, such as

the vaccination of the elderly and the behavior of younger people

who might feel less concerned about going out and socializing, could also be influencing the data.

In a separate report, public health institute Fiocruz said the trend was putting additional pressure on Brazil’s health system because younger patients tend to spend longer in intensive care. Brazil is currently the global epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, with daily deaths last week surpassing 4,000.

The outbreak is pushing hospitals to breaking point with many patients dying before an ICU bed becomes available.

More than 350,000 people have been killed by the coronavirus in Brazil,

the world’s second highest death toll behind only the United States.

Featured image: illustration

Source: Reuters

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