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The cornerstone of a civilised society in the 21st century has to be a publicly available health service free and accessible at the point of need, says human rights advocacy group LIBERATION
A healthcare worker attends to a Covid-19 patient in an intensive care unit (ICU) at the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic

THE world is currently in the midst of an unprecedented struggle to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.  

The deadly Covid-19 has reached all continents and, as well as its devastating death toll and assault on public health, it has wrought sudden havoc on our normal everyday way of life.  

Europe and North America have been badly hit, and a challenging struggle to stop the spread of the disease continues there.  

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