Over a dozen vaccinated doctors dead amid Indonesia COVID surge
Al Jazeera
Rise of severe cases among medical workers raises questions about China-produced Sinovac jab the country is relying on.
More than a dozen fully vaccinated doctors have died of COVID-19 in Indonesia, according to a medical association, as the Southeast Asian country battles a rash of severe cases in inoculated medical workers and highly infectious new virus strains. Infections have surged in the nation of 270 million people in the past week, with more than 2.05 million cases reported as of Saturday, as hospital occupancy rates soared to more than 75 percent in Jakarta and other hard-hit areas. Nearly 1,000 Indonesian health workers have died from the virus since the pandemic started, with the country’s medical association confirming on Friday that 401 doctors were among the victims – 14 of whom were fully vaccinated.
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