Overworked and unprotected: Wuhan doctors in China's coronavirus epicentre risk infection

One doctor at a community clinic in Wuhan said he and at least 16 other colleagues were showing symptoms similar to the new virus, including lung infections and coughing.

The risks medical staff are facing was highlighted on Friday after Li Wenliang, a whistleblowing doctor in Wuhan,more than a month after he first raised alarm about a new SARS-like virus in the city. The deputy mayor of Wuhan said on Friday the city faced a daily shortage of 56,000 N95 masks and 41,000 protective suits.

"Of course, we don't advocate this method, but medical staff really have no alternative," she admitted.The Chinese government has responded by mobilising the entire country to increase production of masks and suits. "Even if we receive more masks, the number of patients increases even faster," said a doctor at a major Wuhan hospital, who requested anonymity because she was not authorised to speak with media.

"As soon as he put it on, cracked because it was too small for him," she said, describing a friend in Wuhan - who was also forced to wear the same hazmat suit for five days."He said it may have been useless, but it is still better than nothing."Handling the daily deluge of new cases takes another kind of toll too, said the doctor at the large hospital in Wuhan, whose colleagues are handling confirmed cases of virus patients.

seriously i dont mind die for my country that i love .... to save people ，臣不死 谁死 ？

Unsung heroes.

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