Friday Olokor, AbujaOver 41,000 health workers have been infected with Coronavirus in Africa, the World Health Organisation, said on Thursday. The government stressed that many health workers have lost their lives to COVID-19 globally. She said, “In the WHO African Region, more than 41,000 health workers have been infected with COVID-19, accounting for 3.8 per cent of all reported cases. Others such as Eritrea, Rwanda, and Seychelles have not recorded a single case of COVID-19 among health workers. Infected healthcare workers would face quarantine, which could mean manpower shortage and interrupt essential healthcare services.

Source: Punch September 17, 2020 16:30 UTC