Prognosis

Covid Victims Are Forced Into Filthy Warehouses in Venezuela

Maduro says he’s following China’s covid lockdown practices
To avoid being corralled, many are avoiding getting tested

Healthcare workers wearing PPE listen to the lungs of a Covid-19 patient quarantining inside a hotel in Caracas.Photographer: Matias Delacroix/Bloomberg

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By Nicolle Yapur, Alex Vasquez, and Patricia Laya

August 24, 2020 at 11:42 AM UTC

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Juan, a 53-year-old Caracas taxi driver, tested positive last month for Covid-19. His doctor wanted to spare him mandatory quarantine -- the shelters are mostly hellholes -- so she sent him home. Government agents learned where he was and moved him to a center in a western slum.