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Doctors in China Say They're Not Protected From Coronavirus Infection
- Government to bolster number of intensive-care nurses in Wuhan
- Dozens of patients and staff caught 2019-nCoV in one hospital
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Medical workers at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak say overwhelmed services and a dearth of protective equipment are putting them at risk of the infection, which claimed the life Friday of the heroic doctor chastised for warning about the SARS-like virus.
A respiratory physician working at Renmin Hospital, in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, took to Weibo and other social media in the past week to post videos and comments about his illness, which he said, came close to killing him. His wife caught the so-called 2019-nCoV virus while she was caring for him in a hospital lacking front-line health workers, he said.