Thursday, January 21, 2021

Reinfections More Likely With New Coronavirus Variants, Evidence Suggests

Workers check oxygen tanks at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil. Severe oxygen shortages as a second coronavirus wave is surging have prompted local authorities to airlift patients to other parts of Brazil.

The variant in Brazil is causing a surge in Manaus, a city where the virus previously infected huge numbers in the spring of 2020. Researchers are trying to determine why.

(Image credit: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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