NBC NEWS: Health workers fighting coronavirus around the world threatened by violence

Larissa Fast

Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute

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The increase in attacks worldwide is hard to measure, because many cases go unreported, said Larissa Fast, a researcher at the University of Manchester in England who leads a project tracking attacks on health care workers. "We do have numbers, but we know they are not reflective of the true reality."

Period	20 May 2020

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Title	Health workers fighting coronavirus around the world threatened by violence
Media name/outlet	NBC News
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United States
Date	20/05/20
Description	The increase in attacks worldwide is hard to measure, because many cases go unreported, said Larissa Fast, a researcher at the University of Manchester in England who leads a project tracking attacks on health care workers. "We do have numbers, but we know they are not reflective of the true reality."
URL	https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/health-workers-fighting-coronavirus-around-world-threatened-violence-n1210261
Persons	Larissa Fast

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Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute

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coronavirus
COVID-19
health care workers