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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