Govt forces COVID-19 untested patients on hospitals

GOVERNMENT has ordered medical facilities to take in patients who do not have COVID-19 test results, amid concerns by health workers that the move would expose them to infection.

Public and private medical facilities had lately resorted to demanding COVID-19 results before admitting patients as infection rates among health service providers increase.

They argued that health personnel did not have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), a situation which put them at risk of contracting the disease from patients.

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