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26 Health Workers in Mexico Infected, 1 Doctor Dead Due to COVID-19
By Olive Marie (staff@latinpost.com)
First Posted: Apr 04, 2020 01:30 PM EDT
A public Mexican hospital located in a northern steel town is currently being sanitized by the government after it has turned the center of COVID-19 widespread that has reportedly hit 26 members of the medical staff and killed one of its doctors. This said pandemic has raised doubts on the public health system's preparedness to combat an infectious disease that is starting to gain steam across the nation.
Mexico President Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador said on Thursday that around 80 public hospitals were undergoing conversion to handle people hit by COVID-19. He later on clarified that only segments of the said 80 hospitals were going through isolation with "eight beds, as well as ventilators" reserved exclusively, for patients with COVID-19. The president said they are preparing to have the required equipment and beds to treat the illness.
Is Mexico Prepared for the Pandemic?
Despite the sanitizing initiative and the guaranteeing of the beds and equipment's availability, it remains unclear if Mexico is prepared for this pandemic...
26 Health Workers in Mexico Infected, 1 Doctor Dead Due to COVID-19
By Olive Marie (staff@latinpost.com)
First Posted: Apr 04, 2020 01:30 PM EDT
A public Mexican hospital located in a northern steel town is currently being sanitized by the government after it has turned the center of COVID-19 widespread that has reportedly hit 26 members of the medical staff and killed one of its doctors. This said pandemic has raised doubts on the public health system's preparedness to combat an infectious disease that is starting to gain steam across the nation.
Mexico President Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador said on Thursday that around 80 public hospitals were undergoing conversion to handle people hit by COVID-19. He later on clarified that only segments of the said 80 hospitals were going through isolation with "eight beds, as well as ventilators" reserved exclusively, for patients with COVID-19. The president said they are preparing to have the required equipment and beds to treat the illness.
Is Mexico Prepared for the Pandemic?
Despite the sanitizing initiative and the guaranteeing of the beds and equipment's availability, it remains unclear if Mexico is prepared for this pandemic...