What is COVID-19?
It is a new virus that can cause respiratory infection and, in more severe cases, cause pneumonia. This condition can lead the patient to need mechanical help to breathe.
More information on prevention here.
What is happening?
The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is infecting thousands of people across Brasil and around the world. This greatly increases the need for pulmonary ventilators to be available to patients who will soon form lines at our hospitals.
What is happening?
The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is infecting thousands of people across Brasil and around the world. This greatly increases the need for pulmonary ventilators to be available to patients who will soon form lines at our hospitals.
What is Science doing?
Many researchers in Brasil and around the world are running 24 hours a day, joining efforts with companies and volunteers, to manufacture pulmonary ventilators in a quick, simple and economical way for those patients who may need it.
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About this project of design and mass production of pulmonary ventilators: scientists, engineers and technicians come together in this delicate moment to generate solutions for society.