Public health centres will lose funding, causing a decline in their services and the health of their communities. None of this is to downplay the chilling death toll COVID-19 threatens, or to suggest governments shouldn’t aggressively respond to the crisis. In the United States, the White House this week said the final toll could rise to 240,000 dead. Less than three weeks after extreme suppression measures began in the United States, unemployment claims rose by nearly 10 million. Public Health CrippledLocal health departments run programmes that treat chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Source: bd News24 April 04, 2020 03:11 UTC