Russia healthcare workers are dying 16 times more often than in countries with comparable coronavirus outbreaks
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.New analysis by Russian outlet Mediazona found that healthcare workers in the country make up 7% of COVID-19 fatalities, equal to one in every 15 deaths from the virus., the percentage of healthcare workers dying from COVID-19 is about 1.59%.
Russia now has 299,941 reported cases of COVID-19, the second-highest globally, and 2,837 deaths from the virus. The study gave two possible reasons for medical workers' high death rate: Either mortality statistics are being underestimated or the risk is unusually high because of insufficient personal protective equipment.A new report has found at least 186 healthcare workers have died from COVID-19 in Russia, making it proportionally one of the worst-hit medical sectors in the world, if official figures are accurate.
It found the medical profession's share of total deaths from COVID-19 was nearly 7%, or about one in every 15 fatalities. This was 16 times worse than a half-dozen countries with comparable numbers of COVID-19 cases, according to Mediazona.Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty As of May 20, Russia has reported 299,941 infections, the second-most in the world after the US. There have also been 2837 COVID-19 deaths in Russia, according to data from
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