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This photograph taken Thursday March 19, 2020, shows the entrance of the Treichville hospital in Abidjan, Ivory coast, where a suspected case of coronavirus is being treated. Some countries around the world lack the equipment and trained health workers to respond to the threat of COVID-19 virus. For most people the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for others it causes severe illness. (AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde)

This photograph taken Thursday March 19, 2020, shows the entrance of the Treichville hospital in Abidjan, Ivory coast, where a suspected case of coronavirus is being treated. Some countries around the world lack the equipment and trained health workers to respond to the threat of COVID-19 virus. For most people the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for others it causes severe illness. (AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde)

March 20, 2020

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Africa, Latin America fragile targets for coronavirus spread
March 20, 2020 2:52 a.m.

Africa, Latin America fragile targets for coronavirus spread

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The West African nation of Mali has roughly one ventilator per 1 million people — 20 in all to help the critically ill with respiratory failure. In Peru, with more than 32 million people, about 350 beds in intensive care units exist.