STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic, airline and hotel employees in Sweden are retraining to work as hospital and nursing home assistants as the death toll nears 900 in the Scandinavian country.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
STOCKHOLM - Furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic, airline and hotel employees in Sweden are retraining to work as hospital and nursing home assistants as the death toll nears 900 in the Scandinavian country.
After a three-day crash course in communicable diseases, hygiene and treating patients and one day of practical training, Engblom, 48, started working as a medical assistant at the redbrick hospital in Stockholm. The training started at Sophiahemmet University, but after Sweden decided to close higher education establishments it is now carried out remotely online.More than 850 patients have died from the disease in Sweden and the country has registered around 9,600 confirmed cases - although authorities stress this figure is likely much higher.
The first round of training for 30 SAS cabin crew took place on March 31, and another 300 will be trained in the coming weeks.
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