"Estamos ante un desastre, una barbarie": alcalde Manaos, corazón de la Amazonía brasilera

Relatives of inmates pray as they wait for information in front of the Puraquequara prison where inamtes rebelled to demand better conditions inside the prison and during which seven prison guards were taken hostage, in Manaus, Amazona State, Brazil, on May 2, 2020, during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. – Inmates are demanding better conditions inside the prison, which have deteriorated since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to local media. (Photo by Michael DANTAS / AFP)

Employees work at Viana Funeral services to meet the increased demand, during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Manaus, Brazil, where the City Hall has warned that stock of coffins in the region is likely to run out, on April 27, 2020. – Hospitals in Manaus have installed refrigerated containers to hold bodies that await funerals and mass grave sites have been dug to bury victims. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP)