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Mexican Doctors and Nurses Rally in Demand of Proper Gear for Treating
COVID-19 Patients

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   Healthcare workersin Mexico City are demanding more protective gear as
   hospitals take in more patients infected with the coronavirus.

   Scores of doctors, nurses, and other medical workers rallied in the
   streets of the capital Monday, pleading for assistance from those in
   charge of the public healthcare system.

   Health officials recently said 329 doctors and nurses in the country's
   public medical system have tested positive for COVID-19.

   The Associated Press spoke with a nurse, who complainedshe only had
   access to one mask each day while caring for many covid-19 patients.

   The federal government says it isgetting more protective gear for
   hospitals, but the timetable for delivery is not clear.

   The latest outrage from Mexican health workers came on the same day
   President Andres Manuel LopezObradorannouncedthe private health sector
   willmake available just over 3,000 hospital beds, abouthalf of their
   inventory,tohelp offset the demand forcovid-19 patientbedsat public
   hospitals.

   Mexico says it has just over 5,000 cases of COVID-19 and 332 deaths are
   linked to the virus.

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