PESHAWAR: At least 30 health professionals, including doctors, tested positive for COVID-19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.
According to sources, among the coronavirus positive health professionals fourteen of the medical staff who have contracted the infection were doctors, 11 other health professionals and five paramedics.
Citing the details sources said 11 doctors were from Peshawar whereas one each was from Bannu, Mardan, and Swat, adding that the condition of a doctor is serious.
Four of the COVID-19 positive paramedics were from Peshawar and one from Shangla. Four of the five were women, sources added. Some 26 of the 30 affected health professionals were said to be performing their duties in Peshawar.
Earlier, the secretary of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Shah said not all of the COVID-19 positive medics were infected while on duty at the hospitals.
The secretary further said all facilities, including protective gear, were being provided to them, adding that a recommendation for financial support package to the doctors battling the COVID-19 epidemic was in the works.
He said the safety and security of doctors and health professionals is of utmost priority of the KP government. Hussain Shah further all quarantined health professionals are being looked after properly.
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