International Nurses Day: A salute to the Covid-19 warriors around the world
The noble profession has perhaps never been more vital from a global perspective. Here's a look at the trials that nurses face every day around the world, as they expose themselves to Covid-19 patients
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Image by : Athit Perawongmetha/ Reuters
Nurses wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering the room of a Covid-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Emerging Infectious Disease Clinic at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Image by : Brendan McDermid/ Reuters
Nurses work at a drive-thru testing site for the coronavirus disease at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, U.S., May 6, 2020.
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Image by : Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images
A nurse stands at the Corona Station in the Dresden Municipal Hospital in Germany, with protective gear behind a window with a symbol of respect.
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Image by : Carlos Jasso/ Reuters
The marks of goggles and plasters are seen on a nurse's face after her shift inside the intensive care unit, where patients with Covid-19 are treated at Juarez hospital, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Mexico City, Mexico, April 29, 2020.
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Image by : Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters
A heavily pregnant nurse continues working at a hospital in San Antonio, despite coronavirus fears. Nurse Samantha Salinas goes on a walk with her family amid a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., May 6, 2020.
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Image by : Amanda Perobelli/Reuters
In Sao Paulo, Rosemary Alves Martins, 38, shows a picture of her husband Eduardo Gomes, a nurse who died from suspected coronavirus disease at the entrance of Tide Setubal public hospital where he worked in Brazil.
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Image by : Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
In Wuhan Tongji Hospital, more than 100 representatives of the old, middle-aged and young nurses born in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s reviewed the oath of Nightingale and celebrated the international nurses' day. Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, May 12, 2020.
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Image by : A P Dube/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Doctors, nurses and medical staff wave during a fly-past by an Air Force helicopter over the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (IGIMS) as the Armed Forces express gratitude towards frontline Covid-19 workers, on May 3, 2020 in Patna, India. A fleet of military jets undertook a spectacular fly-past over New Delhi as part of a nationwide exercise to express gratitude to doctors, paramedics, sanitation staff and other frontline workers engaged in the fight against Covid-19.
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Image by : Tom Brenner/Reuters
White shoes are displayed during a demonstration by Registered Nurses and the National Nurses United (NNU) members, on behalf of healthcare workers nationwide who have passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, during a protest outside the White House in Washington, U.S., May 7, 2020.
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Image by : Andrew Kelly/ Reuters
A thank you sign is posted in a building facing NYU Langone Health on National Nurse Day during the outbreak of Covid-19 in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., May 6, 2020.
