Argentina doctor 'outraged' by lockdown protest

director of one of largest public hospitals in Argentine capital Bues Aires criticised a large protest where thousands of demonstrators defied lockdown measures.

"It's outrous because health professionals don't deserve that population makes this of demonstrations," Posas Hospital Director Alberto Maceira said on Tuesday.

Maceira said most of beds at intensive care unit are occupied and hundreds of patients with respiratory ailments seek medical attention every day.

"Doctors and nurses are getting sick and dying to keep system working," said Maceira.

As front line health workers continue to grapple with rising COVID-19 infection rates, demonstrators gared in Bues Aires and or Argentine cities on Monday to reject manment of President Alberto Fernandez.

Amid an increase of COVID-19 cases, President Fernandez anunced an extension of lockdown until at least end of August.

According to a Johns Hopkins University tally on Tuesday, Argentina h reported over 299,000 COVID-19 cases and more than 5,800 deaths.