Sat 02 May 2020:
More than 440 health care workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Pakistan and eight have died so far, as per latest data shared by authorities.
Figures updated on the National Emergency Operation Centre’s website on Thursday showed 191 medical workers tested positive in a span of a week.
The new cases, along with the 253 who were diagnosed with COVID-19 until April 23, raised the total number to 444.
Of those, 216 are doctors, 67 are nurses, and 161 other medical workers.
Last week, doctors in all provinces issued separate calls for a stricter and longer nationwide lockdown.
“We must save the lives of our doctors; if they start dying or are unable to work, what will happen to the patients? Who will treat them?” Dr. Ikram Tunio, head of the Pakistan Medical Association, said
On Friday, the number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan passed 17,000 and the death toll moved close to 400.
A total of 1,322 new cases raised the total to 17,439, including 4,315 recoveries, while 33 fatalities pushed the death toll to 391.
More than 3.3 million people in 187 countries and regions have been infected since the virus emerged in China last December, with the US and Europe the hardest-hit areas in the world.
Bangladesh
Doctors and health workers have been infected with coronavirus in Bangladesh, making up 11% of the total infections reported in the country.
Bangladesh Medical Association president Dr. Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin told Anadolu Agency: “A total of 881 health workers including 392 doctors, 191 nurses and 298 other health staffers have tested positive as of Thursday.”
The tally of cases in the country is at 8,231. Some 170 people have died.
Bangladesh Doctors’ Foundation (BDF) chairman Dr Shahed Rafi Pavel said at least 535 doctors and nearly as many health workers have tested positive for coronavirus.
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