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You can’t fight pandemics without power—electric power

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Jem Porcaro

Jem Porcaro is lead for Integrated Energy Planning and Powering Healthcare at Sustainable Energy for All.

PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL- The local government enabled more than two thousand new beds for patients with Covid-19 in Pernambuco, Brazil on May 25, 2020. Six Brazilian states are already experiencing the collapse of their healthcare infrastructure, including private clinics and hospitals , due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, as reported by the president of the Brazilian National Health Confederation, Breno Monteiro. The problem was identified in Amazonas, Pará, Ceará, Pernambuco, Maranhão and Rio de Janeiro.

You can’t fight pandemics without power—electric power

T. Robert Fetter, Anthony Fuller, Jem Porcaro, and Cyrus Sinai

Friday, June 5, 2020

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