Philippines COVID: Nurses disproportionately succumb to virus

As the Philippines reports its first two cases of the COVID-19 variant initially identified in India, its health workers are bearing the brunt. Nearly 6,500 nurses have contracted the disease in the Philippines and a third of all medical staff in the US who have died from the virus are Filippino. The Philippines has the second-highest number of infections and casualties in Southeast Asia and its medical staff say poor working conditions are to blame. Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from Manila, the Philippines. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Philippines #Coronavirus #FilipinoNursesUnited