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cord-350521-jfd5gd2p	Bong, Choon-Looi	The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Low- and Middle-Income Countries	2020-04-20		.txt	text/plain	3712	251	60	Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly around the world with devastating consequences on patients, health care workers, health systems, and economies. -William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming A s news of a novel viral illness in China emerged in January 2020 1 and until the day when the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic, 2 those who live and work in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) held their collective breath. 6 Countries have closed their borders, enforced strict social isolation and quarantine procedures, and increased testing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly around the world with devastating consequences on patients, health care workers, health systems, and economies. This will further reduce resources available for health care, not just in managing COVID-19 patients, but also for those with many other major medical conditions.	./cache/cord-350521-jfd5gd2p.txt	./txt/cord-350521-jfd5gd2p.txt