How the fragile health care systems of the Middle East are bracing for COVID-19

PBS News Hour - World

English - April 06, 2020 22:25 - ★★★★ - 79 ratings
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The number of coronavirus cases in the Middle East has risen to nearly 60,000, doubling in a single week. Governments in the region are scrambling to try to prevent the virus' spread, knowing that their fragile health care systems stand little chance against a disease that has overwhelmed the world's most medically advanced countries. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports from Beirut.