In the huge slum "Villa 31" in Buenos Aires, the cases of Covid-19 explode, according to a medical team. "In one week, we went from 0 to 200 cases, we observe a significant escalation and there are now 800 cases. And that will continue," explains France 24 doctor Gabriel Sanchez.

Argentina was previously relatively spared thanks to very strict confinement. But in this district, the disease is progressing because of the high density of the population and the problems of water distribution. Residents must also go out to feed their families, despite compulsory confinement.

And poverty makes their situation worse. The number of people using soup kitchens has doubled, organizers say. They are also on the front line in the face of the pandemic: at "Villa 31", at least three of them died of Covid-19.

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