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Every country in Latin America and the Caribbean now has Coronavirus cases, health group says

March 25th, 2020 | by Miami Herald
Every country in Latin America and the Caribbean now has Coronavirus cases, health group says
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By Jacqueline Charles, Jimena Tavel, Jim Wyss, and Nora Gámez Torres

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The coronavrius global pandemic has intensified in the Americas, where every country is now reporting positive cases of COVID-19 after the island of Anguilla became the last country to confirm the respiratory disease on March 26.

“Our region has entered a new phase with many countries reporting community transmission,” Dr. Carissa Etienne, the director of the Pan American Health Organization, said Tuesday, confirming that there were now more than 163,000 confirmed cases and 2,836 deaths. “The pandemic in the Americas is going to escalate and [it’s going] to get worse before it gets better just as we have seen happened in other regions around the globe.”

Etienne called on countries to make domestic investments now to strengthen their health systems, and take urgent action to prepare hospitals and health facilities “for what is coming; an influx of COVID-19 patients that will need hospital space, beds, health professionals and medical equipment.”

“This virus has not and will not be stopped by borders drawn on maps,” she said.

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