Doctors face risks as hospitals admit COVID-19 patients

Doctors and healthcare workers are facing significant risks as hospitals begin admitting COVID-19 patients.

Lauren Gutierrez, a 33-year-old doctor in Manila, is under mandatory quarantine after being exposed to an infected colleague.

Gutierrez cannot return home to her mother due to the risk of spreading the virus.

In Cavite, nurse Janine Subejano was placed under home quarantine after being exposed to a patient with inadequate protective equipment.

Subejano developed symptoms and is now separated from her elderly mother who is at high risk.