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Out of all the countries in Latin America, Venezuela does the least COVID-19 diagnostic testing. Among all the countries that reported the number of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests done during the same period of the epidemic, Venezuela is second to last, only behind Indonesia. PCR test results take at least a week to reach patients and many die without a diagnosis. Venezuela does not meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) criteria to guarantee comprehensive surveillance and testing for suspected COVID-19 cases. By Luisa Salomon and Salvador Benasayag. Full Text-> PulitzerCenter
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