13 doctors died from Coronavirus in Italy

Five more Italian doctors have died from coronavirus, bringing the death toll among medics in the country to 13. At least 2629 health workers have been infected according to NZ Herald.

The Italian Agency ANSA quoted federation of Italian doctors guilds FNOMCEO.

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.

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.

ANSA / NZHerald