The World Health Organisation (WHO) has tweeted that nearly 1,000 health workers in the African region have been infected with Covid-19.
Nearly 1000 health workers in the #AfricanRegion have been infected with #COVID19, many of them #nurses.
— WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) May 12, 2020
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The WHO has urged governments to make sure that doctors and nurses have Personal Protective equipment (PPEs).
Anyone who comes into contact with patients or who may or do have coronavirus should wear some form of protection.
Clinicians carrying out tasks that could generate airborne droplets of saliva loaded with the virus should use an even higher standard of protection, including disposable gowns, filtering respirators and face-shielding visors.
The global demand for Personal Protective Equipment at the moment is at unprecedented levels.
More than 66,000 coronavirus cases have already been confirmed in the African continent – with more than 22,000 recoveries and 2,300 associated deaths.
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Source: BBC
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