From Africa to America, businesses and insurers face survival showdowns

Wynand du Toit’s safari camp in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park lies abandoned, its tents ripped open by baboons and its survival in the balance after his insurer rejected his COVID-19 claim.

Workers check tents that had been lying empty at a safari camp during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa, August 7, 2020. [REUTERS]

In the United States, Miami restaurant owner Luis Debayle has laid off two-thirds of his staff and is desperate for an insurance payout that could help avert the prospect of closure.