A country has only 4 ventilators for 12m people

Coronavirus cases have topped 2.2 million globally and countries around the world are scrambling to buy life-saving equipment as the pandemic places unprecedented demand on hospitals, reported Cable News Network (CNN).

With healthcare systems buckling under the pressure of the virus, which has killed more than 155,000 people, experts warn coronavirus could devastate the countries that lack healthcare equipment and infrastructure.

South Sudan, for example, has just four ventilators and 24 ICU beds for a population of 12 million people, said the CNN report quoting data from a non-governmental organization, the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

That's one ventilator for every three million people.

Burkina Faso has 11 ventilators, Sierra Leone 13, and Central African Republic 3, while Venezuela has 84 ICU beds for a population of 32 million, and 90% of hospitals face shortages of medicine and critical supplies, the CNN report added referring the IRC.

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