It’s Not Just India: New Virus Waves Hit Developing Countries
Bloomberg 5/4/2021
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It’s not just India. Fierce new Covid-19 waves are enveloping other developing countries across the world, placing severe strain on their health-care systems and prompting appeals for help.
Nations ranging from Laos to Thailand in Southeast Asia, and those bordering India such as Bhutan and Nepal, have been reporting significant surges in infections in the past few weeks. The increase is mainly because of more contagious virus variants, though complacency and lack of resources to contain the spread have also been cited as reasons.
In Laos last week, the health minister sought medical equipment, supplies and treatment, as cases jumped more than 200-fold in a month. Nepal is seeing hospitals quickly filling up and running out of oxygen supplies. Health facilities are under pressure in Thailand, where 98% of new cases are from a more infectious strain of the pathogen, while some i
Itâs not just India. New coronavirus waves deluge developing countries
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A restaurant clerk rests at a restaurant in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, in February. Laos locked down its capital and closed its international borders to most traffic in late April after identifying a COVID-19 cluster connected to its bigger neighbor Thailand.Associated Press
(Bloomberg) Itâs not just India. Fierce new Covid-19 waves are enveloping other developing countries across the world, placing severe strain on their health-care systems and prompting appeals for help.
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