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US Nurses Caring For COVID-19 Patients Can't Get Tested Themselves
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Published on April 8, 2020 - Duration: 00:40s
US Nurses Caring For COVID-19 Patients Can't Get Tested Themselves
It's been more than a month since the novel coronavirus COVID-19 reached pandemic levels in the US.
Now, a persistent shortage of tests mean that health workers are treating patients when they themselves are showing mild symptoms of COVID-19.
In New York City, an ICU nurse treated patients for three days after displaying symptoms of COVID-19 .
However, she couldn’t get a test from her hospital.
In Georgia, a nurse was denied a test after treating an infected patient who died.
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