Latin America has seen an explosive spread of the coronavirus, with no end in sight.<br />According to CNN, roughly half of all new COVID-19 cases originate in Latin America as a whole.<br />However, individual Latin American countries are faring differently. Uruguay has a strong public health system and coherent pandemic control policies.<br />But in Mexico, Colombia and Peru, workers' income has probably declined by 80% during the pandemic. That's put even basic health care out of reach.<br />In rural areas, medical resources and ICU beds are scarce. In cities, the poor live in crowded, unsanitary conditions, and must shop on a daily basis.<br />And overall, testing for COVID-19 is scant, unevenly distributed, and poorly quantified.
