Two working-age male doctors in Finland have died after contracting coronavirus, according to a post in the discussion forum of the Finnish Medical Journal by doctors Janne Aaltonen and Eetu Salunen.
The post was first reported by Mediuutiset.
As of Friday 24 April, 177 people had died of Covid-19 in Finland, health authorities said, of whom the vast majority were aged over 70.
In their post, Aaltonen and Salunen looked at mortality among male doctors during the coronavirus pandemic, referring to an unpublished report from China which claims 198 medics worldwide died of coronavirus by 5 April.
Their average age was 63.4 and 90.2 percent of them were men.
Aaltonen and Salonen suggest in their post that male doctors aged over 55 should not be exposed to coronavirus.
They suggest exposure could be limited by voluntary changes to shift patterns. The doctors called on the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, and the Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), to make an official statement on the issue as soon as possible.
