COVID-19: Brazil converted Maracana Stadium into field hospital
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Brazil continues to be hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic with experts believing the worst is still to come. 

The iconic Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro has been transformed into the site of a 400-bed field hospital, but a severe shortage of critical supplies is leaving healthcare workers worried that it will never be fully operational.

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