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Mexico registered 385 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing its total to 5,399 cases and 406 deaths, the health ministry said.
Panama registered 102 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the country’s total to 3,574 cases, the health ministry said. Officials also confirmed one more death, raising Panama’s death toll from the coronavirus to 95.
More on US staffing agencies saying some healthcare workers are no longer needed – from Reuters:
Lindsey Scott, a spokesperson for staffing agency Trusted Health, said in an email that the agency had “multiple nurses who left their families and in some cases full-time jobs,” to travel to New York, only to find that they are no longer needed.
Karla Guerra, 27, an emergency room nurse from Arizona, said her contract at New York’s Mt Sinai hospital system was abruptly cancelled on Monday, the day she completed her onsite orientation. She had expected to earn $32,000 for eight weeks’ work.
Now, she is $3,000 out of pocket for her travel and first month’s rent, and is trying to find a new contract as soon as possible.
“Every day I am here I am losing money,” she said. “It’s disappointing because I came out here with the intention to help but unfortunately things didn*t pan out.”
Mt Sinai did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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