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Will Covid-19 push Africa's Landlocked Countries to a Point of No Return?

 

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world, the poorest countries have by far fared the worst. In part, this is due to a lack of resources. Contact-tracing, testing, isolating the sick, and even basic medical treatment for coronavirus patients, often require high levels of technical expertise, and of course money —both of which are sorely lacking in the developing world.

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