Hello I'm Karnishar on the BBC World Service and this is BBC OS conversations Brazilian

Doctors.

We hear from doctors in Brazil trying to cope as the country's health care system is in crisis

and midwives from the US, Nigeria and Romania share their challenges for women giving birth during a

pandemic especially with COVID-19. They keep the baby several days or two weeks

apart from their mothers without symptoms or some complications.

This is the biggest fear if I will be positive and they will take my baby away.

But first let's go to Brazil where COVID-19 is pushing health care services to the brink of collapse.

More than 300,000 people have already died and over 2,000 people are dying each day from the disease.

President Jaya Bolsonaro has opposed quarantine measures and criticize state governors and mayors for imposing

restrictions to contain the virus outbreak. Mr Bolsonaro wants to reopen the

economy and despite the rising number of infections he's also

claimed that people would soon be able to resume their normal lives.

Let's hear some messages from Brazil about what they're going through.

I'm Baitreis from here in January, Brazil, and the situation here is very critical because we don't have beds in hospitals and we are not in a lockdown

because people need work and our economy is not doing well and our president don't believes in coronavirus

so he don't help us and we need the vaccine more than everything.

And my classes are still online,

but people here have parties and go to the beach

and don't hear a mask.

It's sad because so many people are dying daily and I feel like some people don't care about the virus.

My name is Moroni. I live in Florianau police,

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