COVID-19 in Venezuela

The World

Coronavirus is making an already dire situation worse for many Venezuelans. There is very little access to food and basic necessities, and a shortage of doctors. Host Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Julio Castro, a tropical medicine professor at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. 

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