Prognosis
Madagascar Hospitals Reach Full Capacity as Covid-19 Cases Surge
- Hospital say they’ll only take patients with severe symptoms
- President Andry Rajoelina imposed a second lockdown on July 5
Patients are treated at a hospital in Antananarivo on July 20, 2020.
Photographer: Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images
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Public hospitals in Madagascar said they’ve reached full capacity and will only accept patients with the most severe forms of Covid-19 as cases surge in the Indian Ocean island nation.
President Andry Rajoelina earlier this month reimposed a lockdown on the country’s central region until July 26 as the five public hospitals in the capital, Antananarivo, announced they could no longer cope with the influx of patients. Only one person per household is allowed to go out to buy food or medicine. An initial lockdown in March was lifted after four weeks.