Global: Amnesty analysis reveals over 7,000 health workers have died from COVID-19

New analysis by Amnesty International has found that at least 7,000 health workers have died around the world after contracting COVID-19. At least 1,320 health workers are confirmed to have died in Mexico alone, the highest known figure for any country. Amnesty International also recorded high numbers of health worker deaths in the USA (1,077) and Brazil (634), where infection and death rates have been high throughout the pandemic, as well as alarming figures in South Africa (240) and India (573), where infection rates have soared in recent months. For over seven thousand people to die while trying to save others is a crisis on a staggering scale Steve Cockburn, Head of Economic and Social...