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Download document (PDF | 1.66 MB) OVERVIEW The world’s COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise, with more than 156 million cases globally and more than 3 million deaths. In South Asia, which has recently seen the fastest spread of the virus, the United Nations estimates half a billion people could be forced into poverty by the pandemic. India’s rapid rise in infection rates and deaths has strained the country’s already stressed health system, and has driven up infection rates in neighboring Nepal as much as 550%, due to significant cross-border labor migration. Scarce hospital beds, staff, equipment and medicine have...
