Two pandemics: as we ease up, virus sweeps the world’s poor

Latin America and Africa face new wave as politicians and scientists urge rescue packagesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWorld leaders have been warned that unless they act with extreme urgency, the Covid-19 pandemic will overwhelm health services in many nations in South America, Asia, and Africa over the next few weeks.Only billions of pounds of aid and massive exports of vaccines can halt a humanitarian catastrophe that is now unfolding rapidly across the pla