{"id":115384,"date":"2021-02-27T16:29:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T08:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=115384"},"modified":"2021-02-27T16:41:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T08:41:27","slug":"covid-19-health-workers-protest-controversial-law-in-bolivia-despite-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=115384","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Health workers protest controversial law in Bolivia despite pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/world\/Health-workers-protest-controversial-law-in-Bolivia-despite-pandemic-1190977?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/383\/38336498.295.jpg\" alt=\"Health workers - File photo\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LA PAZ, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Health workers in Bolivia have taken to the streets against a controversial law in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and an ongoing doctors&#8217; strike.<br><br>As Bolivian newspaper La Razon reported, they were supported by the National Committee for the Defence of Democracy (Conade) in their march to the seat of government in La Paz.<br><br>Conade was part of the protests that led to the resignation of then-president Evo Morales in November 2019.<br><br>The government of Morales&#8217; successor, Luis Arce, continues to reject the doctors&#8217; demands.<br><br>Doctors initially went on strike from last Friday until this Sunday, demanding the law be repealed. However, emergency cases and patients who are believe to have Covid-19 are expected to still be treated.<br><br>The leftist Arce government has passed an emergency health law without agreeing on its content with the National Health Council, which brings together doctors and other health workers.<br><br>The doctors are particularly opposed to an article that they see as restricting their right to demonstrate and strike.<br><br>In Bolivia, a country of about 11 million people, more than 244,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus; about 11,500 of them have died. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA PAZ, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Health workers in Bolivia have taken to the streets against a controversial law in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and an ongoing doctors&#8217; strike. As Bolivian newspaper La Razon reported, they were supported by the National Committee for the Defence of Democracy (Conade) in their march to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":115385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115384"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}