Some Beijing hospitals have as many as 80% of staff infected, according to one doctor, leading to serious staff shortages
Chinese doctors and nurses are being told to keep working even when infected with Covid-19, staff and residents reported, as the virus rips through the population in the wake of eased restrictions.Some hospitals in Beijing have up to 80% of their staff infected, but many of them are still required to work due to staff shortages, a doctor in a large public hospital in Beijing told Reuters, adding he had spoken to his peers at other big hospitals in the capital.
“The disease was spreading intensively because the control measures in themselves were not stopping the disease.” Claims of rampant infections among hospital staff are also spreading across social media. One Chongqing resident said primary care in their city had “imploded”. The Guardian was unable to reach management staff at several hospitals, and health authorities did not immediately respond to queries.The outbreak is not limited to Beijing, and the sudden pivot in official policy and messaging about the dangers of the virusto some. Residents across other major cities told the Guardian it felt like “positive cases are everywhere”.
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