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At least 20 percent of HGL health professionals tested positive for covid-19

About 20 percent of professionals at the Luanda General Hospital (HGL), including doctors and nurses, tested positive for covid-19 and its absence is creating "serious constraints" in patient care, the director said this Wednesday -general of the institution.

: Israel Campos (VOA)
Israel Campos (VOA)  

According to Bernabé Lemos, in statements to Rádio Luanda, the affected professionals are on medical rest and the situation is creating several inconveniences to the hospital unit, particularly with the increase in cases of the Ómicron variant.

"We are taking some precautions not to embezzle the institution in a phase like this when there is even pressure because of the demand for our services, we receive people from all over Luanda," he told state radio.

An outbreak of flu and sore throats lead to occurrences in hospitals in Angola, especially in Luanda where most patients with these symptoms are testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the covid-19 disease.

Bernabé Lemos referred that the absence of professionals is depriving the local teams: "Therefore, it is being a very difficult time for this hospital with the management of human resources and maintenance of the teams", he stressed.

"Because if we already have insufficient staff, we already have a deficit, but this situation in which professionals compulsively go home because they have positive cases, then we are doing everything to reinforce staff and meet the demand through employees and volunteers", he stressed.

Luanda General Hospital, located in Kilamba Kiaxi district, is one of the largest hospitals in the capital.

Angolan authorities started on Monday, in Luanda, which has registered an increase in new cases in recent days, a mega campaign to test covid-19 after detecting the circulation of the Ómicron variant.

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