▲ On 'International Nurse's Day', a video of the nightingale and the nurse of the present era appeared on the outer wall of a hospital in England.


Last May 12 was 'International Nurse Day'. It is the day that the British nurse Nightingale was born 200 years ago. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has set this day as International Nurse's Day since 1971 to honor the contributions of nurses.

With Corona19, nurses around the world are having a harder time than ever. Fighting against the poisonous virus and scarce medical equipment, the battle is struggling day after day. They are also facing the 'crisis' that they can be infected at any time, or that they are at a higher risk of infection than the general public.

• Italian and Spanish medical staff increase 3.5 times per month infection According to the

World Health Organization (WHO) weekly report of the European headquarters, the first week of May (April 27 to May 3) 18.1 of Italian and Spanish corona19 infections % Were medical staff. This is 5.4 percentage points higher than 12.7% of medical staff among infected patients a month ago (March 30-April 5). In terms of the number of infected people, the situation is more serious. A month ago, the number of infected medical staff was 19,519, but the number of infected in the first week of May increased to 68,360. This is a 3.5-fold increase in a month.

The International Council of Nurses estimates that at least 90,000 medical workers worldwide are infected with Corona 19, of which more than 260 are dead. But even this is based only on data reported in 30 of the world's countries. In fact, there must be much more. The International Council of Nurses says the proportion of medical staff among infected people is estimated to range from 0% to 18% by country, with an average of 6%. So far, nearly 300,000 medical personnel may have been infected.
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hardest thing I ca n't meet my family ," says Amelia Conner, a nurse who works at North Shore University Hospital in New York, USA. "The hardest thing is mental and physical tension. I work in three shifts every 12 hours, and I am told to come to work earlier than work hours and work late because of the patient who is coming.

Conner says one of the hardest things for nurses is that he can't see his family. Because of the risk of infection, the family cannot come. Some nurses said that the virus could be transmitted to their families, and they stayed alone even though they had family members.
Still, she says she has faith in her colleagues. A hospital with a corner is said to play the Beatles' <Here Comes the Sun> song when the patient removes the intubation or removes the ventilator. Last week, the 1,000th patient was discharged. She is said to have set her own principles. 'Even to care for more patients, I have to try not to get myself infected.'
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Many medical staff around the world are complaining of the lack of protective equipment by wearing garbage bags and hiding them from patient stones . In the United States, in the United Kingdom, and in the Philippines, pictures of nurses wearing trash bags without personal protective equipment have been posted on social media, creating regret. In the United States, one of these nurses was killed. The New York State Nurses Association said in a statement on the 20th of last month that "more than 70% of nurses were at risk of corona19, and most were not tested."

At a hospital in Japan, even when the nurse was confirmed corona19 was confirmed, even the absurdity of the nurse was caused by the lack of hands.

With Corona 19, people around the world are suffering. It is the medical staff who are fighting to reduce this pain even a little. I applaud their courage on the front lines, knowing they could be infected.