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Covid-19: Nearly 1,000 health workers in Africa infected

Kenyan nurses wear protective gear at Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi.

Nearly one thousand health workers, mostly nurses, have contracted coronavirus in the Africa region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

This is as the world marked the International Nurses Day 2020, celebrated on May 12 every year.

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