The few Haitian hospitals treating COVID cases have been so swamped in recent days that they report turning away patients.
Sanorah Valcourt, a 27-year-old mother and hairstylist, said she felt sick for for two weeks last month with a fever and symptoms including loss of taste. But she didn't get tested, or even take measures such as wearing face masks she finds uncomfortable.
Marc Edson Augustin, medical director of the St. Luke hospital, said he's especially worried about the deaths he has seen among those aged 17 to 22, and that groups of up to seven people are showing up at the same time seeking treatment for COVID. "It's not enough, for sure," he said."We have to be ready for a bigger influx of cases. ...It could get out of control."
Even when vaccines arrive, experts worry many people may not get a jab — some for fear of venturing through crime-wracked neighborhoods to reach a clinic.
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