ITALY
Italy-Over 2,000 health workers infected
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Coronavirus: Over 2,000 health workers infected
Frightful number,facilities in increasing difficulty-union head
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At least ten priests have died in Italy after contracting COVID-19. More than half of them were from the Diocese of Bergamo, a town outside of Milan in Lombardy.
The bishop of Bergamo, the Italian diocese hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, said Monday that the 20 priests in his diocese who have been hospitalized after contracting coronavirus have shown considerable improvement and six others have died.
“The number of priests who have died this week and that of those who are still in a particularly serious situation is very high,” Bishop Francesco Beschi of Bergamo said in an Italian radio interview March 16.
WHO says 2 staffers have coronavirus, healthcare workers in US begin to test positive
Today, 07:07 AM
WHO says 2 staffers have coronavirus, healthcare workers in US begin to test positive
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that two of its workers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus as healthcare workers across the U.S. begin to test positive, prompting many on the frontlines to prepare for the likelihood of a long road ahead.
WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told Reuters that the staffers had left the office and then at home showed symptoms.
At least 200 health care workers in Connecticut and New York were put on leave after possible exposure to COVID-19, Gov. Ned Lamont D-Conn., said Monday night.