Developed countries like the U.S. and the U.K. rely heavily on migrant hospital workers. The Philippines, one of the biggest sources of migrant nurses, has banned them from leaving for its own coronavirus fight.
The Philippines is banning hospital workers from going abroad, as rich nations grow more reliant on foreign nurses
The Philippines imposed an indefinite ban on medical personnel leaving to work abroad shortly after Lady Lei Fregillana arrived in the U.K., where she now works in an ICU unit dealing with Covid-19 patients.
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