Over 800 healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Philippines

Medical frontliners continue to face challenges in the fight against COVID-19

Children receiving immunisation Source: AAP Image/EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA

The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 43 Research Institute for Tropical Medicine  (RITM) staff  have tested positive for COVID-19. 

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Highlights:

- More than 800 medical frontliners have tested positive for  COVID-19 

-More 300 doctors have tested positive for COVID-19

-The DOH has asked that medical frontliners be protected against harassment

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DOH Undersecretary Vergeire has asked local governments to pass and enact the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance for medical frontliners