Venezuela seemed to have escaped the worst of COVID-19. A new surge could upend that.

The messages fill a WhatsApp chat for doctors at private clinics each day in Venezuela’s capital: Pleas for help in finding intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients. As the troubled South American country grapples with a new surge in virus cases, patients and doctors have been scrambling to find enough beds to treat the sick. The vast majority can’t afford a private clinic, instead turning to a public health system where testing is limited, doctors have scarce protective gear and beds are in short supply. Now even the privileged are finding their options limited as hospitals that charge up to $3,000 a night run out of space. Bya Antonio Maria Delgado -> Full Text-> MiamiHerald

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