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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Helen Davidson in Taipei

Chinese doctors and nurses reportedly told to work while infected as Covid surges

Medics wear personal protection gear as they deliver a patient to a fever clinic
One doctor in China reported that as many as 80% of staff were infected in some Beijing hospitals. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

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.

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