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Collected Item: “Riding the Covid Wave from Quito to Sydney”

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Riding the Covid Wave from Quito to Sydney

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The pandemic was declared as I was en route to Ecuador. I was trapped in a strict lockdown isolated from any other travellers. My book describes my reactions and rescue. As a doctor I was not surprised that a pandemic was occurring as I knew that epidemiologists always say it is not an if but rather a when.

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Stranded in Quito- in lockdown-abandoned by insurance and government-escape via USA, the epicentre of the pandemic-hotel quarantine in Sydney-lessons learnt

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Dr Frances black

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2020-03
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