Residents of Burundi have been spared from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic so far, according to a speaker at the virtual Glaucoma 360 New Horizons Forum.
“Burundi and large parts of Africa have a very low average age. Burundi is also one of the hungriest countries in the world, which means we have very low rates of obesity and very low rates of diabetes. All of those factors play into decreased morbidity from COVID,” John Cropsey, MD, of Hope Africa University Medical School, Hope Africa Eye Care International Referral (Read more...)
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