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Four in every five COVID-19-related deaths in Canada have been linked to long-term care and retirement homes
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17
As of early June, the entire country of Malawi had only seventeen ventilators and twenty-five intensive care beds.
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1 in 3
One in three women—some 1.3 billion women and girls worldwide—experiences gender-based violence over her lifetime
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369 Cases
Vietnam has only seen 369 cases and 0 deaths, astounding numbers for a country of 96.1 million people
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75%
In Washington DC, some 75 percent of those who died of coronavirus were Black Americans
We Need a Pro-Poor and Pro-Black Response to COVID-19
13-Fold
Between May 15 and May 22, COVID-19 testing capacity in Wuhan increased more than 13-fold, from 11,400 to 1.5 million te
Ten Million Tests in Ten Days
70 Percent
Chinese factories supply 70 percent of active ingredients for India’s generic drug manufacturers, which supply the world
Coronavirus and the World Economy
80 Percent
More than 80% of people in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa have no social protections against illness or unemployment
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$2 Billion
In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, community health is underfunded by an estimated $2 billion every year
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Without new funds, vaccines will fail to reach many at greatest risk of severe illness.