Over 1,100 Philippine health workers tested positive for Covid-19

Medical officers wearing special protective suits due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic making their rounds at a slum are in Metro Manila on Sunday (April 26). Many health workers have been tested positive with Covid-19 symptoms said the Health Ministry on Sunday. - Reuters

MANILA: The number of health workers who tested positive for Covid-19 (coronavirus) in the Philippines has climbed to 1,101, a senior Philippine health official said on Sunday morning (April 26).

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a virtual media briefing that among the infected medical workers are 434 doctors, 400 nurses, 55 nursing assistant, 32 medical technologist, and 21 radiologic technologists.