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Threat of Covid-19 leaves Cairo's "Garbage City" community feeling unprotected by the Egyptian government

The garbage workers or ‘Zabaleen’ are the backbone of Egypt’s waste infrastructure and have been for seven decades.

But with the threat of Covid-19 the tight knit community have been left feeling unprotected by the Egyptian government.
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