Coronavirus is harvesting doctors in Egypt

The five hundred Egyptian doctors who lost their lives in the battle to fight the pandemic of the new coronavirus have reached five hundred, the Medical Association of the most populous Arab country announced on Monday.

An announcement of the Medical Association cited by the Egyptian press, emphasizes that In April alone, 61 doctors died from COVID-19.

According to the association of scientists in the field, The highest rates of COVID-19 mortality in the medical industry are recorded among obstetricians and gynecologists.

Recently, according to the correspondent of the Athens News Agency, the Minister of Health of Egypt, Hala Zayed, claimed that The number of physicians who have died from COVID-19 and worked in reference hospitals for patients infected with the new coronavirus is 115.

The official report is not disputed by the Medical Association, which, however, clarifies that many other doctors lost their lives due to the pandemic in other hospitals: university, private or emergency.

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