A photo taken on Jan 31, 2020 shows a hospital employee donning protective gear inside a holding area at the Manila Doctors Hospital compound in Manila. - AFP
MANILA (AFP): Nine doctors have died in the Philippines from the coronavirus, the country's top medical association said Thursday (March 26), as hospitals were overwhelmed and medics complained about a lack of protection on the front lines.
The announcement of the doctors' deaths heightened fears that the scale of the health crisis in the Philippines is much worse than is being officially reported, with the confirmed virus death toll at just 38.
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