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

Published April 25, 2020
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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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