Medics are more likely to catch the coronavirus ‘because they get a higher dose of the infection’ and scores of priests are dying in Italy because they tend to be older, experts say

Front line medical staff and priests appear to be more likely to fall seriously ill or die from coronavirus, figures show.

In Italy, nearly one in ten of its near-60,000 cases of the killer virus is a healthcare worker, while 23 deaths have been reported among medical staff.

And at least 60 priests have succumbed to the illness, just weeks after Pope Francis encouraged clerics to visit COVID-19 patients and support medics