Crisis as HALF of Welsh hospital’s A&E staff test positive for coronavirus as UK coronavirus cases soar to 84,279
A hospital is in turmoil after 50 per cent of its A&E staff contacted coronavirus, a doctor has revealed.
A&E consultant at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, Wales, Dr Tim Rogerson, ‘around ’50 per cent’ of the hospital’s staff had now tested positive for Covid-19.
In a video shared by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board on Saturday, the doctor, said: ‘This has obviously happened despite all of the PPE that we’ve got and all the hand washing that we’re doing but it’s probably just a likely thing that’s going to happen when we’re faced with such numbers of patients coming in with coronavirus.
A&E consultant at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, Dr Tim Rogerson, ‘around ’50 per cent’ of the hospital’s staff had now tested positive for Covid-19
‘We’re probably up to around 50% of the consultant workforce at the Gwent in A&E who have swabbed positive for the coronavirus and a similar percent in our nursing team.
‘It is proving a challenge when it’s coming to staffing the department when we are facing these numbers coming through.’
The shocking revelation comes as the UK continues to grapple with the surge in coronavirus cases which has now hit 84,279.