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Coronavirus: Why Deaths Are So High Among Filipino Nurses in the U.S.
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8:34Now PlayingNearly one-third of U.S. nurses who’ve died from Covid-19 are Filipino, even though they make up just 4% of the nation’s nursing population, according to a report by National Nurses United. We hear from Nerissa Roque, a registered nurse in California, about her experience. Ren Capucao, a registered nurse and nurse historian, further explains the high mortality rate.
The Philippines will cap the number of newly-hired nurses and other health professionals it annually sends abroad to 5,000 starting in 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman said.
Duterte has approved the limit, taking into account the demand for nurses and doctors in the Philippines and abroad, his spokesman Harry Roque said in a briefing in November. The Philippines is battling the second-worst coronavirus outbreak in Southeast Asia.
The Philippines, which sends thousands of medical practitioners to work overseas, has lifted a ban on deployment of health workers imposed earlier this year.
About 13,000 nurses leave the Philippines for work abroad annually, CNN Philippines reported, citing the head of the Filipino Nurses United group.
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