Doctors, nurses in Punjab launch hunger strike over virus protection fears

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Dozens of doctors and nurses have launched a hunger strike demanding adequate protective equipment for frontline staff treating coronavirus patients in Punjab.

The protesters have kept working in their hospitals while taking turns to demonstrate outside the health authority offices in Lahore.

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In this handout photograph released by the Young Doctors Association Punjab and taken on April 24, doctors wearing facemasks sit in during a hunger strike protest at the Punjab Health Secretary office in Lahore. — AFP/YDA
In this handout photograph released by the Young Doctors Association Punjab and taken on April 24, doctors wearing facemasks sit in during a hunger strike protest at the Punjab Health Secretary office in Lahore. — AFP/YDA

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