Brazil is in a critical public health meltdown and there are at this time in our State of Paraíba 70 people with serious Covid-19 conditions who are in a queue for a hospital bed or intensive care. In the city of Porto Alegre in the south if somebody dies from your family you will have to queue for 5 hours to get a death certificate to be able to proceed to the burial.
This morning the Patos psychologist Suênia da Costa, aged 50, died with Covid. Liz and I were interviewed by her on FM radio in 2018 about our successful long lasting marriage. She was a lovely person. We are all saddened by the news. It is very clear that younger and younger people are dying in the pandemic as 2 other women in their 40s died in Patos over the weekend. So please do continue to pray for us and the overall dire situation in Brazil. The State of Paraíba Governor is doing what he can to get people to stay at home as much as possible and has rightly imposed a curfew every night. However at the same time you hear President Bolsonaro saying that lockdowns are a load of rubbish and encouraging his fanatical followers to resist!
Please add to your prayer list Sister França of our Juazeirinho church who is in hospital with Covid in intensive care. Brother Silvino from our Manaíra church continues in intensive care.
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