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Coronavirus: Peru doctors go on hunger strike over pandemic working conditions
At least four doctors began a hunger strike on Wednesday as a protest against the substandard working conditions that Peru’s medical workers say they have faced in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.The hunger strike in Peru’s capital, Lima, is the latest action by health care workers asking the government to improve their work environment. Medical personnel have been protesting for a week just as a second wave of coronavirus cases is hitting the country.“We are concerned about the abandonment…