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Global Nurses United Press Clips
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Australia
- Headline: Australia's nurses warn there's not enough staff to deal with a coronavirus outbreak
- Headline: ANMF calls on Government to protect nursing home residents and staff
- Headline: How Lower Clarence community saved their hospital
- Headline: Privatising hospitals makes people sick
- Headline: Coronavirus readiness in spotlight as new cases keep coming, supermarkets limit toilet paper purchases
Canada
- Headline: COVID-19: Canada’s public health agency weighs stronger protection for workers
- Headline: Lessons from SARS are being ignored
- Headline: Officials seek to reassure Canadians that health care system is ready to deal with surge in coronavirus cases if needed
- Headline: Public health agency weighs stronger COVID-19 protection for front-line workers
- Headline: TALKS BREAK OFF BETWEEN NURSES AND ONTARIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
- Headline: How to plan and prepare for a wider COVID-19 outbreak
- Headline: Public sector workers rally against government cuts
- Headline: $100M to go to moving, merging and upgrading Alberta's operating rooms to cut wait times
- Headline: SHA to explore private parkade at Regina General Hospital
- Headline: Nurses Union happy about proposed RGH parkade
- Headline: Province sends updated coronavirus guidance to ERs, urgent care centres
- Headline: Still no confirmed cases of coronavirus after 97 Manitobans tested
- Headline: As N.L. prepares for COVID-19, concerns rise among nurses about protection
- Titre: Coronavirus: premier cas confirmé au Québec, quatre autres personnes en isolement
Headline: Coronavirus: first confirmed case in Quebec, four other people in isolation - Titre: Le CISSS des Laurentides sommé de sécuriser les urgences
Headline: Demands for CISSS des Laurentides to secure ERs
Dominican Republic
Ireland
- Headline: Coronavirus: Nurses, midwives to be paid if not working, says union
- Headline: Nurses say 10,500 people requiring admission waited for bed in February
- Headline: 'I think we should postpone it' - Expert calls for Govt to cancel St Patrick’s Day parades
- Headline: High numbers waiting on beds in Cork hospitals this morning
- Headline: BED SHORTAGE Coronavirus – Irish health system ‘can’t cope’ with serious Covid-19 outbreak, INMO spokesman says
- Headline: Employers should pay staff if self-isolating, says ICTU
- Headline: What are financial implications of Covid-19 for workers?
- Headline: Almost 500 patients on trolleys- CUH worst affected hospital
- Headline: Ireland plays the waiting game on Covid-19
Kenya
New Zealand
- Headline: Coronavirus: Nurses raise concerns about their safety, availability of protective gear
- Headline: Not protecting nurses as first responders grossly unfair, says NZNO
- Headline: Organisations sign letter supporting abortion law reform as second reading to begin
- Headline: Coronavirus: GPs warn of mass closure of medical centres if people continue to turn up unannounced
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
- Titular: Satse exige que el aislamiento de las enfermeras por el coronavirus sea considerado accidente laboral
Headline: Satse demands that the isolation of nurses by the coronavirus be considered an occupational accident - Titular: Satse reclama recursos ante el coronavirus en Ciudad Real
Headline: Satse demands resources against the coronavirus in Ciudad Real - Titular: SATSE reclama la jubilación anticipada voluntaria para enfermeras y enfermeros
Headline: SATSE demands voluntary early retirement for nurses
United Kingdom
- Headline: Royal College of Nursing urges Shropshire MPs to back urgent action to fix nurse shortage
- Headline: RCN responds to the Coronavirus ‘battle plan’
- Headline: Coronavirus plans will pull nurses out of retirement if situation worsens
- Headline: Holyrood will help health board cover staff bullying compensation
United States
- Headline: Nurses Battling Coronavirus Beg for Protective Gear and Better Planning
- Headline: Nurses Blast Government And Hospital Readiness For Coronavirus
- Headline: Quarantined nurse raises alarms over being denied coronavirus test
- Headline: Nurses Said They Can't Protect Themselves And Hospitals Are Unprepared For Coronavirus, Survey Reports
- Headline: CALIFORNIA NURSE CLAIMS CDC WITHHELD CORONAVIRUS TEST AFTER THEY FELL ILL CARING FOR COVID-19 PATIENT
- Headline: How Are Hospitals Protecting Workers From Coronavirus? Not Well Enough, Some Nurses Say
- Headline: Nurses Are Raising Red Flags About Hospitals’ Coronavirus Response
- Headline: California nurse blasts feds over lack of coronavirus testing for caregivers
- Headline: Good Morning Britain: Coronavirus Outbreak
- Headline: Coronavirus Updates: Worldwide Cases Top 100,000; 14 Dead in U.S.
- Headline: California cruise ship guests advised to stay in rooms as coronavirus cases grow nationwide
- Headline: Coronavirus: Necessary Hospital Guidelines Have Been Slow to Develop
- Headline: Are Hospitals Protecting Workers From Coronavirus? Not Well Enough, Some California Nurses Say
- Headline: Chaos at hospitals due to shortage of coronavirus tests
- Headline: Nurses: Healthcare providers in California, U.S. 'unprepared' to handle coronavirus
- Headline: Health care workers worry about coronavirus protection
- Headline: TRU and CAHH question Hospital’s medical-debt collection practices
- Headline: Bernie Sanders supports Mission unionization. What a union could mean for Mission nurses.
- Headline: Nurses union says UC-Davis coronavirus case shows vulnerability of nation’s hospitals
- Headline: U.S. Prep For Coronavirus Challenged By Resource Limitations | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
- Headline: Anxiety mounts among U.S. health workers on the front lines of coronavirus outbreak
- Headline: Sanders thunders into California
- Headline: Lawmakers Propose Bills to Crush Instances of Medical Debt
- Headline: California nurses criticize hospitals over lack of coronavirus precautions
- Headline: Nursing group requesting help during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Headline: U.S. Hospitals Are Unprepared for Coronavirus, Nurses Warn While Trump Cries 'Hoax'
- Headline: Placer County Reports First COVID-19 Case As Local Agencies And Schools Step Up Response
- Headline: Coronavirus: health experts concerned US hospitals are not prepared
- Headline: 'We Have the Energy and Excitement': Nearly 25,000 Rally for Bernie in California Ahead of Super Tuesday
- Headline: Virus Exposes U.S. Unreadiness, Testing Trump’s Grip on Crisis
- Headline: Stopping the coronavirus requires health care access and paid sick leave. America's in trouble.
- Headline: Virginia braces for a possible coronavirus outbreak
- Headline: The US Is Not Prepared For Coronavirus: We Need To Take Action – OpEd
- Headline: Wash. state sees 1st virus death in US, declares state of emergency
- Headline: National Nurses United survey: Hospitals, health care employers ‘unprepared’ for COVID-19
- Headline: Nation's Fractured Public Health System Under Trump 'Woefully Unprepared' for Coronavirus, Nurses and Experts Warn
- Headline: Nursing group requesting help during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Headline: Quarantined California nurse: ‘Not enough is being done’ by CDC to test health workers
- Headline: As Trump Cries 'Hoax,' Nurses in California Warn Quarantines of 124 Health Workers Show US Hospitals Remain Unprepared for Coronavirus
- Headline: Person In Washington State First In US To Die From Coronavirus
- Headline: COVID19: First Death In California. Nurses Say Hospitals Are Unprepared. What Needs To Change?
- Headline: Technicians at Ellsworth hospital authorize union to strike
- Headline: Bay Area nurse speaks out about coronavirus concerns, employee safety
- Headline: Nurses at SF General say they are understaffed, under trained for coronavirus
- Headline: Health care workers are at high risk of catching COVID-19
- Headline: California To Dispense 21 Million Masks To Help Hospitals Combat COVID-19
- Headline: As coronavirus spreads, “Medicare for All” takes center stage in Illinois primary fight
- Headline: 10 health workers at Kaiser Roseville in isolation due to coronavirus exposure
- Headline: Scientists fault gov’t and private industry response for U.S. coronavirus spread
- Headline: Flood of COVID-19 Patients Could Swamp Hospitals
- Headline: Coronavirus: How prepared is the United States? Not very.
- Headline: Can U.S. Hospitals Handle Coronavirus (COVID-19)?
- Headline: US announces $8.3bn in coronavirus funding as cases surge
- Headline: California Coronavirus Death Prompts State of Emergency Declaration
- Headline: A Flood of COVID-19 Patients Could Swamp Hospitals
- Headline: Health Officials Warn Coronavirus Is Far Deadlier Than the Flu
- Headline: Dallas is ready for coronavirus, health experts say
- Headline: In Every Super Tuesday State With Exit Polls, Majority of Democratic Voters Support Eliminating Private Health Insurance
- Headline: Unions Fighting Single-Payer Are Fighting Against Their Workers’ Interests
- Headline: California declares state of emergency after first coronavirus death reported
- Headline: Quarantined nurse in California warns 'not enough is being done' to combat coronavirus
- Headline: Nurses union says UC Davis Medical Center did not take COVID-19 threat seriously
- Headline: San Joaquin General nurses set to walk off job after impasse in negotiations
- Headline: Monday's Briefing: Health care worker from Alameda County treated for coronavirus; Cal receives largest-ever donation
- Headline: San Joaquin nurses, county workers hit the picket lines
- Headline: San Joaquin General Hospital RNs strike
- Headline: SF General nurses, doctors argue hospital’s understaffing will hurt efforts to handle coronavirus outbreak
- Headline: California lawmakers seek to stop hospital closure amid coronavirus spread
- Headline: Trump Administration Has Dragged Its Feet on Safety Regulations That Would Protect Health-Care Workers Against Coronavirus
- Headline: Coronavirus can be avoided by working from home. But what if your job puts you in front of people?
- Headline: Coronavirus live updates: 3 new cases in Contra Costa, including 2 from Grand Princess cruise
- Headline: March 5 coronavirus news
- Headline: Community fights potential loss of St. Joseph’s Hospital