Venezuelans are increasingly relying on friends and strangers to help pay for Covid-19 treatment as hyperinflation and soaring health care fees make social media pleas and crowdfunding campaigns the only way to cover costs while infection rates rise.
Although Venezuelans have used such platforms for years to cover the cost of medical treatment and operations in the country, now in its seventh year of economic crisis, the onset of Covid-19 has dramatically increased the practice.
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