The Beirut blast & COVID: a tragedy amid a pandemic

The Beirut Blast & COVID: A Tragedy Amid a Pandemic | GZERO World

In an interview with GZERO World's Ian Bremmer, acclaimed Lebanese journalist Kim Ghattas, a non-resident senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses the widespread impact of the deadly explosion in Beirut. As financial resources for hospitals were already stretched thin, the influx of thousands of injured people has caused additional strain in the nation.


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