At least 7,000 health workers around the world have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus, including 1,320 in Mexico, Amnesty said. Other countries with high mortality rates include United States, Brazil and India, where health worker death tolls stand at 1,077, 634 and 573. “Many months into the pandemic, health workers are still dying at horrific rates in countries such as Mexico, Brazil and the USA,” said Steve Cockburn, Head of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International. Mexico’s government earlier this week said 102,494 health workers had contracted coronavirus and the death toll had climbed to 1,378. “Throughout the pandemic governments have hailed health workers as heroes, but this rings hollow when so many workers are dying from a lack of basic protection,” added Cockburn.

Source: bd News24 September 03, 2020 22:18 UTC