Manaus, in the Amazon rainforest, is at the epicenter.

亞馬遜雨林中的瑪瑙斯，是中心。

It's where the new strain was found.

這就是新菌種被發現的地方。

Its hospitals can hardly cope.

它的醫院幾乎無法應付。

Brazil has started vaccinating people, but any relief from this virus fills a very long way off from Manaus.

巴西已經開始為人們接種疫苗，但這種病毒的任何緩解都填補了距離瑪瑙斯很遠的地方。

Here's our South America correspondent Katie Watson.

這是我們的南美記者凱蒂-沃森。

This is not the first time announce has been brought to its knees in the cemetery, a reminder of the first wave where digging mass graves was the only way to keep up with the number of people dying.

這已經不是第一次公告在公墓裡被跪下來了，這讓人想起了第一波挖亂葬崗是唯一能跟上死亡人數的方法。

The biggest city in the Amazon people here feel for gotten again on the second wave is worse.

亞馬遜最大的城市這裡的人感覺對於得到再上第二波是比較差的。

Last week, the city's overwhelmed hospitals ran out of oxygen supplies is still patchy.

上週，我市不堪重負的醫院氧氣供應告罄仍是斑斑駁駁。

Now people queue at local gas companies in the hope of keeping their loved ones alive.

現在人們在當地燃氣公司排隊，希望能讓自己的親人活下去。

Don't despair, says this company representative.

這位公司代表說，不要絕望。

Cylinders are now being delivered across the city, but Elke is terrified.

現在整個城市都在運送鋼瓶，但艾爾克卻被嚇壞了。

She's had to leave her mother at home with no oxygen to come here.

她不得不把母親留在家裡，沒有氧氣，來到這裡。

She only has this one cylinder I eat by Balala talks you have to obey.

她只有這一個圓柱體我吃由巴拉拉會談你必須服從。

Local volunteers like Marcel have stepped in to help bring oxygen to those who need it.

像馬塞爾這樣的當地誌願者已經介入，幫助為需要氧氣的人送去氧氣。

He's looking after five people making daily oxygen runs, but it's taking its toll.

他每天要照顧五個人，每天都要輸氧，但這也造成了損失。

They won't just for the no vote oxygen photo because it asked me.

他們不會只為不投氧氣的照片，因為它問我。

Okay, so somebody it was just to check out What does the for the Oh hell no.

好吧，所以有人，它只是檢查出 什麼是為哦，地獄沒有。

This is not fixed up.

這是不固定的。

Doctors are concerned.

醫生們都很擔心。

The new variant found in the Amazon region is overwhelming.

在亞馬遜地區發現的新變種是壓倒性的。

Already packed hospitals.

已經擠滿了醫院。

Normally there are eight beds in here, one patient to each room.

一般這裡有八張床，每個房間一個病人。

But in the past few days, doctors had to double that.

但在過去的幾天裡，醫生不得不加倍努力。

Each patient now shares their 16 beds and they still have to find space to grow.

現在每個病人共用16張床位，他們還得尋找發展空間。

Jamie is the oldest here, 77.

傑米是這裡最老的，77歲。

His survival, says his son Fabio is down to luck.

他的兒子法比奧說，他的生存是靠運氣。

The rest of the ward is full of young people.

剩下的病房裡都是年輕人。

This woman's 23 next to her, a man in his thirties.

這個女人23歲，旁邊一個30多歲的男人。

It's shocked doctors here, here in my house, we have the center here now, But in other parts of Brazil this new strain we're gonna go.

這裡的醫生很震驚，在我的房子裡，我們這裡有中心，但在巴西的其他地方，這種新的菌株我們要去。

So thank God the vaccinations already started.

所以感謝上帝，疫苗接種已經開始了。

There's concern, though, that vaccines aren't getting to those who need them.

但有人擔心，疫苗沒有送到需要的人手中。

But as we prepare to leave some good news, Jamie reacts to his family for the first time since he became ill, a rare glimpse of hope in otherwise dark times here.

但當我們準備離開一些好消息時，傑米自生病以來第一次向家人反應，在這裡原本黑暗的時代，難得看到了希望。

Katie Watson, BBC News in my House.

凱蒂-沃森，BBC新聞在我家。