Greece orders private sector doctors to assist against COVID-19

ATHENS - Greece has ordered private sector doctors in the broader Athens region to assist its public health system, which has struggled to fight fast-spreading COVID-19 infections.

The government had earlier called on private sector doctors to help out as Greece's public hospitals have been overwhelmed by surging admissions of COVID-19 patients and intensive care wards are running out of beds. Greece said that about 200 doctors were needed but only sixty one volunteered to help, while hospitals have been under huge pressure to treat some 5,000 people across the country.