July 25, 2024

Virus Takes Root in Venezuela Oil Town Already in Collapse

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Interviews with a half-dozen nurses, doctors and public officials in the capital city of Zulia state paint a disturbing picture of a hospital already overwhelmed in the first stages of an outbreak. What’s more, Maracaibo’s trials offer an ominous glimpse at the fate of health centers throughout the nation. On a continent vastly unprepared to confront the pandemic, nowhere was worse off heading into the crisis than Venezuela, a former oil powerhouse that’s now running out of fuel and basic supplies after seven years of economic collapse. By Nicolle Yapur and Alex Vasquez. Full Text-> Bloomberg

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