Shared networking client class written using Kotlin which internally uses Ktor

NovelCovidApiClient.kt

class NovelCovidApiClient() {
    companion object {
        private const val URL = "https://corona.lmao.ninja/v2/countries"
    }

    private val httpApiClient: HttpClient = HttpClient {
        install(JsonFeature) {
            val json = kotlinx.serialization.json.Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
            serializer = KotlinxSerializer(json)
        }
    }

    suspend fun getAffectedCountries(): List<CountryItem> {
        return httpApiClient.get(URL)
    }
}