More than 1,700 medical workers in China have been infected with the new coronavirus, and six have died, medical authorities have said.
The vast majority of the medical workers – 1,502 out of 1,716 – have fallen ill in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, said Zeng Yixin, Deputy Director of the National Health Commission.
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It is the first time China is releasing an official count of infections among medical personnel during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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