Densely populated, low- and middle-income: Coronavirus rips into regions previously spared

June 05, 2020 8:20 AM

CAIRO (NYTIMES) - For months, one enduring mystery of the coronavirus was why some of the world's most populous countries, with rickety health systems and crowded slums, had managed to avoid the brunt of an outbreak that was burning through relatively affluent societies in Europe and the United States.

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The Straits Times World News