COVID-19 highlights nurses´ vulnerability as backbone to health services worldwide
(WorldNews Health)

Health Nurses are on the frontline fighting COVID-19 but `an alarming failure` in the global supply of protective clothing and new coronavirus tests - together with `unprecedented` overwork linked to global staff shortages - have highlighted how vulnerable they are, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The development coincides with an impassioned personal message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres to the world´s medical professionals for World Health Day, marked on Tuesday 7 April. `Today, we are more deeply grateful than ever to all of you, as you work, round the clock, putting yourselves at risk, to fight the ravages of this pandemic`, the UN chief said, addressing...