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Asian prisons are ticking time bombs for coronavirus outbreaks

Jails in the Philippines and Cambodia are breeding grounds for COVID-19

20200420 Manila City Jail

An anti-drug and contraband inspection at Manila City Jail in September 2018: Overcrowding and poor hygiene foster the spread of infectious diseases, such as deadly COVID-19. © AFP/Jiji

SHAUN TURTON and PHORN BOPHA, contributing writers, and CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer
April 21, 2020 13:11 JST

PHNOM PENH/MANILA -- Kuoch Kimseang fears for the life of her younger sister.

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