A police officer detains a doctor who along with others demonstrates against the lack of protective gears for medical staff who are treating coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Quetta, Pakistan Apr 6, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed)

QUETTA, Pakistan: Riot police wielding batons used force to break up a protest by Pakistani doctors and medical staff against a lack of gear to protect against coronavirus, arresting dozens of medics who say the government has failed to deliver promised supplies.