covid-19
Coronavirus patients in Haiti fear lynching as suspicion spreads
Sufferers and health professionals face stigma due to fear and ignorance
11 May 2020 - 16:45
Port-au-Prince — Haitian pastor Burel Fontilus feared for his life in late March when he contracted the new coronavirus.
It wasn’t the Covid-19 respiratory disease that frightened him, he said, rather gun-toting vigilantes in his neighbourhood near Port-au-Prince who were threatening to lynch him...
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