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Africa dangerously behind in global race for virus gear
Photo: In this March 22, 2020, file photo, a municipal worker sanitizes the street of Dakar’s popular Medina neighborhood after a bulldozer demolished informal shops in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Africa is bracing for a surge in coronavirus cases, but its countries are far behind in the global race for medical equipment thatās dangerously scarce. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)
By Cara Anna // AP
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ā Africaās coronavirus cases have surged 43% in the past week but its countries are dangerously behind in the global race for scarce medical equipment. Ten nations have no ventilators at all.
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The United Nationsā food chief is warning that while the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, it is also on the brink of a hunger pandemic. The executive director of the World Food Program met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss ways to avert the worst humanitarian crisis since the World War Two. VOA’s Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine has more.
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