The CEO in the Ministry of Health also discussed the large number of infected amongst front-line workers and proposed new measures to protect them:
Dr. George Gough, CEO, Ministry of Health
"We basically are looking at the 28 healthcare workers now on the 26th and a total of 38, 36-38 and also with law enforcement we have 42 but I just want to empathize that it is not the doctors, it is not the nurse, it is the lab technician, it is the pharmacist, it is the receptionist, it is the administrator, it is the lab technician, the public health inspector, it is the x-ray, everybody is exposed so everyone possible within that health care team has come up, has somebody representing them on a positive note so we are very very concerned and obviously we are even looking at our protocols to say that maybe these people who are on the frontline might need to wear an N-95 mask some thing that we know is much more expensive but we are starting to learn and observe that these people are much closer to these clients that what we are presently and maybe by not having an ordinary surgical mask and an N-95 mask they probably would be more protected."
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