Huge volumes of Covid hospital waste threaten health: WHO – The Peninsula Qatar
- Date: 01-Feb-2022
- Source: The Peninsula Qatar
- Sector:Healthcare
- Country:Qatar
Huge volumes of Covid hospital waste threaten health: WHO – The Peninsula Qatar
Geneva: Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report said on Tuesday.
The material, a portion of which could be infectious since coronavirus can survive on surfaces, potentially exposes health workers to burns, needle-stick injuries and disease-causing germs, the report said.