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. 2021 Apr 3:11:03058.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03058. eCollection 2021.

COVID-19 in a shattered health system: Case of Libya

Godsgift Chinemelum Iwendi #  1 , Alkamel Mohamed Alsadig #  2 , Mashkur Abdulhamid Isa #  3 , Amos Abimbola Oladunni #  4 , Mohamed Babiker Musa #  5 , Attaullah Ahmadi #  6 , Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi #  7 , Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno 3rd #  8   9
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COVID-19 in a shattered health system: Case of Libya

Godsgift Chinemelum Iwendi et al. J Glob Health. .
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Photo: Officials carry out disinfection works within coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions at Matyrs’ Square in Tripoli, Libya on 25 March, 2020 (Hazem Turkia / Anadolu Agency). From https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200610-coronavirus-cases-surge-in-libya-after-repatriations/amp/ (copyright free).
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