Where fragile hygiene and health care raise COVID-19 risks
Clip: 4/15/2020 | 3m 49s
Developing countries' fragile hygiene and health care raise COVID-19 risks
Much of the recent news about the coronavirus pandemic has focused on the globe's richer countries. But how is the developing world, where health care resources are strained in the best of times, preparing for COVID-19? To find out, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reconnected with some of the social leaders he has interviewed in Asia and Africa. It’s part of our series Agents for Change.
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Where fragile hygiene and health care raise COVID-19 risks
Clip: 4/15/2020 | 3m 49s
Much of the recent news about the coronavirus pandemic has focused on the globe's richer countries. But how is the developing world, where health care resources are strained in the best of times, preparing for COVID-19? To find out, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reconnected with some of the social leaders he has interviewed in Asia and Africa. It’s part of our series Agents for Change.
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