Opposition to the health bill on Monday was expressed by thousands of health workers and medical personnel taking to the streets around the Monas area and in front of the Health Ministry in Jakarta.
July 21, 2021 Written by VOA A mortuary team in full hazmat suits lowers the casket of a COVID-19 victim at a special cemetery in TPU Rorotan, north Jakarta, Indonesia
COVID-19 is taking a devastating toll on medical professionals in Indonesia, where 114 doctors have died so far this month, more than double the number of doctors who died in June, according to a physicians’ network known as the Mitigation Team of the Indonesian Medical Association, or IDI.
The rising number of doctor deaths comes as the government notes that 95 per cent of health workers have received COVID-19 vaccines.
On Sunday, the chief of the mitigation team, Mahesa Paranadipa Maikel, told the press in Jakarta that the doctor monthly death toll is the highest since the start of t
Indonesian Doctors Dying of COVID-19 Amid Surge
19 Jul 2021, 08:05 GMT+10
COVID-19 is taking a devastating toll on medical professionals in Indonesia, where 114 doctors have died so far this month, more than double the number of doctors who died in June, according to a physicians network known as the Mitigation Team of the Indonesian Medical Association, or IDI.
The rising number of doctor deaths comes as the government notes that 95% of health workers have received COVID-19 vaccines.
On Sunday, the chief of the mitigation team, Mahesa Paranadipa Maikel, told the press in Jakarta that the doctor monthly death toll is the highest since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020. The record was last set in January 2021, when 65 doctors died.
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