Two more doctors die in France

Two more doctors have died after contracting the coronavirus in France, officials said yesterday, a day after the country reported the first death of a doctor treating Covid-19 patients. One of the doctors, a 66-year-old gynaecologist in Mulhouse near the border with Switzerland and Germany, was infected by a patient during a consultation, according to his clinic. The other was a 60-year-old general practitioner at a hospital in Saint-Avold near Metz, further north along the German frontier, according to the town's mayor. Both died on Sunday when officials announced the death of a 67-year-old doctor who was among the first to treat coronavirus cases in the northern Oise department, which has been badly hit by the outbreak. Health experts warn that many French hospitals are already overflowing with coronavirus cases.