COVID-19: 13 medics have died in Italy and 2,629 health workers infected

COVID-19: 13 medics have died in Italy and 2,629 health workers infected

Medical personnel at work in the intensive care unit of the hospital of Brescia, Italy. [Photo / AP]

Five more Italian doctors have died from coronavirus, bringing the death toll among medics in the country to 13. At least 2,629 health workers have been infected.

Initially, three new fatalities were named as Luigi Ablondi, former general manager of Crema hospital, Giuseppe Finzi, a hospital doctor in Cremona and a general practitioner in Bergamo called Antonino Buttafuoco.

Then later today it emerged another two medical workers had died from the illness, the Italian national federation of doctors guilds said.

One of the Italian doctors who died, Marcello Natali, previously told Euronews he had to work without gloves as supplies for the product dried up.

According to the Gimbe Health Foundation's release all the health workers infected make up of 8.3 per cent of the country's total cases.

The government extended lockdown measures beyond the start of April today.

[Source: NZ Herald]