A Venezuelan woman is help by men as he crosses illegally into Colombia from Venezuela, near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Colombian President Ivan Duque has ordered the nation's border with Venezuela closed as a coronavirus containment measure. (AP Photo/Antonio Ospina)
March 20, 2020
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March 20, 2020 1:13 p.m.
Africa, Latin America fragile targets for coronavirus spread
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The West African nation of Mali has roughly one ventilator per 1 million people — 20 in all to help the critically ill with respiratory failure. In Peru, with more than 32 million people, about 350 beds in intensive care units exist.