Megacity slums are incubators of disease – but coronavirus response isn't helping the billion people who live in them
- Written by Robert Muggah, Lecturer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
A market area in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, crowded with people despite the coronavirus pandemic, May 12, 2020. hmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesHaving ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of developing countries. Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and...