As coronavirus cases mount in Africa, so do fears of overwhelmed hospitals

As Africa was poised to breach 1 million coronavirus cases on Thursday, warnings were sounding that rising numbers of patients needing critical care could overwhelm hospitals in countries with fragile health care systems.But the continent’s young population may help countries escape the high number of fatalities seen in older populations elsewhere in the world, experts said.The continent, which was initially spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, has seen cases rise to more than 992,000…

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