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Madagascar hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus surge
The head of Anosiala University Hospital, Rado Razafimahatratra echoed the concerns, noting that the facility was “constantly overwhelmed”.
To date, the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar has recorded 7,548 coronavirus cases, including just 65 deaths.
Infections have spiked over recent days, however, raising concern in a country where three-quarters of the population live on less than $1.90 per day, according to the World Bank.
“Two factors have contributed to the spread of this disease,” said health department official Zely Arivelo Andriamanantany on local television.
“Firstly… people took CVO (COVID-Organics) and then didn’t respect social distancing. Secondly, CVO only guarantees protection for two to three weeks,” he said.
The government, meanwhile, has blamed the rise in cases on “increased testing capacity”.
“Positive COVID-19 cases did not take CVO or only took it sporadically, without following the prescribed dosage,” said official documents sent to AFP on Tuesday.
“Almost systematically, within the same family unit, those who result positive were not drinking CVO — or at least not regularly — while those who tested negative were taking the solution (and) remained negative despite living together without necessarily social distancing.”
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