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Zimbabwe Hospitals Buckle Under Covid Strain as Infections Surge

  • System was already reeling from shortage of medicine, strikes
  • Health Authorities report record daily number of infections

Photographer: Zinyange Auntony/AFP via Getty Images

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Hospitals in Zimbabwe are reeling from a renewed surge in the coronavirus, with a shortage of beds and equipment threatening to overwhelm the public health system.