
Haiti was able to weather the first COVID-19 wave that began two years ago without developing a major public health crisis. In May 2021, the second COVID-19 wave hit, driven by two, more infectious, virus variants from Brazil and Great Britain. Documented COVID-19 cases and fatalities are up more than fivefold and hospitals in Port-au-Prince (PAP) are saturated with COVID-19 patients. The surge in COVID-19 infections is occurring amidst a surge of armed gang violence that has caused the death and forced displacement of thousands of Haitian citizens.
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