Kyrgyz Health Workers Bearing Brunt Of COVID-19 Pandemic: Amnesty
(WorldNews Health)

Health workers in Kyrgyzstan have been forced to work long hours, often without promised extra pay and sometimes even with reduced pay, and subjected to a `prisonlike` quarantine regime during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty International said in a new report on September 25. Unofficial sources said 40 health workers died at the height of the outbreak from mid-March to late July, while official data from the Ministry of Health put the toll at 29 deaths, the new report said. According to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, Kyrgyzstan has 45,757 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 1,063 COVID-19 deaths. `Kyrgyz doctors have worked selflessly, risking their lives every day looking after...