Pandemic claims lives of 15 medics, infects 263 in Africa
Nurses in protective gears at Mbagathi Hospital during the launch of an isolation and treatment centre for Covid-19 in Nairobi on March 6, 2020. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG
At least 263 medics have tested positive while 15 have died across Africa in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, putting into focus the safety of first line responders to the scourge.
More than 100 doctors and nurses have died from Covid-19 globally, including Gita Ramjee, a Ugandan-South African scientist and researcher in HIV prevention in Africa. Healthcare workers have been praised as heroes and heroines for their personal sacrifices in the face of the highly infectious disease that has seen doctors and nurses scramble to save the lives of thousands of patients.
