A community health officer helps sanitation workers to put on personal protective equipment (PPE) at the coronavirus treatment center of Fourah Bay College in Freetown, Sierra Leone July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Cooper InveenDoctors treating COVID-19 patients in Sierra Leone went on strike on Thursday over unpaid bonuses, leaving patients in some of the main treatment centres without care, health workers said. Of the 1,500 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sierra Leone, 160 have been health workers. Jusu, the head doctor at Fourah Bay College, a school whose dormitories have been transformed into the country’s largest COVID-19 treatment centre on a hill overlooking the capital Freetown. No new patients were being accepted on Thursday because the five doctors at the 200-bed facility were all on strike, leaving community health workers and nurses to care for the sick.

Source: Standard Digital July 02, 2020 20:56 UTC