After Spike in Infections Among Medical Staff, Doctors Halt Work at Recently Designated Quarantine Site Until Demands Met

Publication Date: May 18, 2020

Topic(s): Health

Geographies: Egypt

Faced with overcrowding at quarantine hospitals, the Ministry of Health announced last Thursday that it would divert suspected COVID-19 cases to two other hospitals until beds opened up. An outbreak of COVID-19 among medical staff at one of the diversion sites before that decision, however, prompted doctors to halt work on Friday morning until their demands are met.

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