Prognosis
One in Five Coronavirus Cases in Mexico Are Health Workers
- Sick medical staff almost double to over 20,200 in two weeks
- Doctors, nurses say they don’t have even basic protective gear
Health workers hold candles during a vigil to honor a nurse who died of Covid-19 at IMSS Hospital Regional #1 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on June 2.
Photographer: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
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The coronavirus is devastating Mexico’s medical community, with health-care workers making up more than 20% of all cases in the country.
A total of 20,217 doctors, nurses and medical staff have been diagnosed with Covid-19, an almost doubling from two weeks earlier, according to figures from Mexico’s Health Ministry. Some 10,000 more health care personnel are suspected of having the respiratory illness caused by the virus.