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Australia
- Headline: Aged-care facilities ban visitors because of coronavirus pandemic
- Headline: Coronavirus: hospital operator forced to stop some surgeries amid shortage of personal protective equipment
- Headline: ANMF calls for immediate stop on all non-essential visits to nursing homes
- Headline: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities must be protected from COVID-19 pandemic
- Headline: ANMF and Health Minister say protective equipment stolen from hospitals
- Headline: Help us help you: ANMF Tasmania launch COVID-19 campaign for frontline staff
- Headline: Look after people not profit in the COVID-19 crisis
- Headline: Protecting Australia's most vulnerable from COVID-19
- Headline: Nurses In Australia Issue Plea To Stop Violence, Theft Of Sanitizer And Masks
- Headline: NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association calls for extra 5000 nurses amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Headline: Two NSW workers deliberately coughed on
Canada
- Headline: Safety Is Not Negotiable for Anyone – Including Healthcare Workers
- Headline: Edmonton nurses defy order to resume COVID-19 testing without N95 masks
- Headline: At least 2 Toronto hospitals begin rationing protective gear as COVID-19 crisis deepens
- Headline: Jason Kenney dons N95 mask while Alberta's nurses make do with less protective alternatives
- Headline: How many health-care workers will die?
- Headline: Edmonton nurses refuse to perform COVID-19 swabs without N95 masks
- Headline: Hundreds of mental health workers offer free therapy to Ontario's frontline COVID-19 staff
- Headline: Hospitals rationing masks as they wait for promised supplies from Ottawa and provinces
- Headline: 'Extreme error': ONA says LHSC dropped the ball securing protective equipment
- Headline: Nurses in Guelph hospital say they're being denied protective N95 masks
- Headline: 'There is absolutely a provincial shortage of supplies,' says Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health
- Headline: Ontario hospital staff told to ration masks as COVID-19 spreads
- Headline: Nurses need more protective equipment in COVID-19 fight: Ontario Nurses Association
- Headline: Coronavirus: Kitchener hospital responds to nurses association concerns about COVID-19
- Headline: Ontario now telling nurses to quarantine if returning from travel
- Headline: United Nurses of Alberta files bad-faith bargaining complaint against AHS
- Headline: Alberta health-care workers will be screened for COVID-19 at the start of each shift
- Headline: Nurses in Alberta refuse to perform COVID-19 test without face mask
- Headline: COVID-19: Nurses demanding more protections before they conduct swab
- Headline: 'Calm before the storm': Alberta hospitals prep for the worst
- Headline: Cuts to Alberta nurses, public-sector jobs paused amidst COVID-19 outbreak
- Headline: Frustrations continue for Saskatchewan nurses over lack of protective equipment
- Headline: Concern rises for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19
- Headline: Full Sask. budget shelved as COVID-19 makes revenue 'very unpredictable'
- Headline: Coronavirus: Saskatchewan nurses running out of swabs to test for COVID-19
- Headline: Saskatchewan government failed to order key equipment and supplies until after COVID-19 arrived
- Headline: Construction companies stockpile 1,300 respirators to help SHA
- Headline: Coronavirus: Manitoba nurses worry about lack of ICU space, staffing vacancies
- Headline: Health staff decry 14-day exemption
- Headline: Mask shortage ‘like sending someone to a forest fire with a water pistol’: nurses union
- Headline: Respiratory care at HSC overburdened, understaffed even before COVID-19, unions say
- Headline: Manitoba health-care workers want action on child-care promise
- Headline: Province pairs nearly 230 health-care workers with child-care supports amid COVID-19 closures
- Headline: N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Up to 30,000 layoffs so far as confirmed cases climbs to 33
- Headline: Theft of supplies concerns New Brunswick Nurses Union
- Headline: Hospital staff report theft of supplies used to control spread of COVID-19
- Headline: 65 seniors to be moved out of hospitals to make way for COVID-19 patients
- Headline: Nurses' union concerned about COVID-19, nursing home plan
- Headline: N.S. regulators for doctors, nurses clear path for reinforcements amid COVID-19
- Headline: March 14 and 15: Here's how Nova Scotia is being impacted by COVID-19 today
- Headline: Some nurses coming out of retirement to help during this pandemic
- Headline: Daycare closures prove problematic for essential workers
- Headline: P.E.I.'s chief of nursing says N95 respirator masks available
- Headline: Newfoundland and Labrador unions call for better safeguards for health care workers
- Headline: Nurses worried about daycare, COVID-19 protection
- Headline: Health-care workers voice concerns about safety amid COVID-19 outbreak
- Headline: As front-line workers infected by virus, Atlantic Canada unions seek protections
- Titre: Des syndiqués du Nouveau-Brunswick pourront être réaffectés à des fonctions « essentielles »
Headline: New Brunswick union members may be reassigned to "essential" positions - Titre: COVID-19: les syndicats mettent de côté leurs négociations avec le gouvernement
Headline: COVID-19: Unions set aside negotiations with government - Headline: Health care workers' unions push for expedited labour deal
- Titre: Offre imprévue de Legault aux travailleurs de la santé
Headline: Unexpected Legault Offer to Healthcare Workers - Titre: COVID-19 : le décret de la ministre McCann est très mal reçu par les syndicats
Headline: COVID-19: Minister McCann's decree poorly received by unions - Titre: COVID-19: Nos experts répondent à vos questions
Headline: COVID-19: Our experts answer your questions - Titre: Québec veut suspendre les négociations avec le secteur public en raison de la pandémie
Headline: Quebec wants to suspend negotiations with the public sector due to the pandemic - Titre: Pandémie de coronavirus: des employés de la santé limités à deux masques par jour
Headline: Coronavirus pandemic: health workers limited to two masks per day - Titre: Coronavirus: manque «flagrant» d’équipements partout dans le réseau de la santé
Headline: Coronavirus: “glaring” lack of equipment throughout the health network - Titre: COVID-19 : plusieurs infirmières jugent l'équipement inadéquat
Headline: COVID-19: several nurses deem the equipment inadequate
Dominican Republic
- Titular: Muere Virgilio Lebrón, dirigente histórico de los enfermeros del IDSS por coronavirus
Headline: Virgilio Lebrón, historical leader of IDSS nurses, dies of coronavirus - Titular: (VIDEO) Fallece miembro del sindicato de enfermeras del IDSS por coronavirus, según informa hija
Headline: (VIDEO) Member of the IDSS nurses union dies of coronavirus, daughter reports
Honduras
India
Ireland
- Headline: Anger as health workers find their cars clamped after doing extra hours
- Headline: Thousands could get sick as Covid-19 crisis deepens
- Headline: Coronavirus: Student nurses will be paid for pandemic work
- Headline: Coronavirus: Government urged to show plans to deploy 4,500 student nurses
- Headline: 50,000 in three days apply to be 'On Call for Ireland' in response to HSE plea
- Headline: Mike Ryan of WHO: 'Only reuse protective gear if no other option’
- Headline: INMO: No room for compromise on protective equipment for frontline health staff
- Headline: INMO warn still no childcare solutions in place for healthcare workers
Kenya
- Headline: Coronavirus: Kenya introduces tight restrictions
- Headline: State, counties scale up Covid response
- Headline: Kenyan nurses at coronavirus ward begin go-slow
New Zealand
- Headline: Covid 19 coronavirus: Concerns that hospital nurses have no access to masks
- Headline: Covid-19 live updates, March 26: Without lockdown, 89% of NZ could be infected
- Headline: NZNO Calls For Decisiveness And Unity In COVID-19 Response
- Headline: Nurses must be given personal protective equipment now
- Headline: Coronavirus: Police will enforce COVID-19 restrictions if necessary - Commissioner Mike Bush
- Headline: Hospital staff accuse cops of dumping violent patients at hospital
Paraguay
- Titular: Nursing Association and Unions issue statement
Headline: Asociación de Enfermería y Gremios lanzan comunicado - Titular: Enfermeras piden ser incluidas en la estrategia de Salud
Headline: Nurses ask to be included in the Health strategy - Titular: Enfermeras ruegan insumos de protección contra coronavirus.
Headline: Nurses beg for supplies of protection against coronavirus.
Philippines
- Headline: Coronavirus: Philippines seeks 215 who attended Malaysia event
- Headline: Southeast Asia ramps up virus containment efforts
- Headline: Coronavirus: Philippines quarantines island of 57 million people
- Headline: Health workers blast gov’t stimulus package as bulk goes to tourism sector, not health services
- Headline: Top cardiologist who died due to COVID-19 was ‘a tower of strength and leadership’
- Headline: ‘Militarist’ COVID-19 response ‘may lead to bigger crisis,’ groups warn
- Headline: Frontliners combat COVID-19 amid rotten public health system
- Headline: ‘Use national government’s P6.10 billion of quick response funds for COVID-19 response’ – solon
- Headline: Coronavirus: Demand for Filipino nurses increases in Europe
- Headline: Massive hiring of nurses, not only call for volunteers
- Headline: Ways sought to augment medical workforce
- Headline: Hospitals appeal for face masks
Portugal
- Manchete: Covid-19: Sindicato dos enfermeiros pede a ministra que intervenha em Resende
Headline: Covid-19: Union of nurses asks the minister to intervene in Resende - Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros recebeu denúncia: "Em Ovar acabou equipamentos de proteção". Autarquia nega: "É falso"
Headline: Union of Nurses received reports: "In Ovar there is no more protective equipment". Autarchy denies: "It is false" - Manchete: Covid-19: Sindicato crítica falta de informação sobre enfermeiros infetados no Alto Minho
Headline: Covid-19: Union critical over lack of information on infected nurses in Alto Minho - Manchete: COVID-19: Enfermeiros do Algarve denunciam más condições de trabalho
Headline: COVID-19: Nurses in the Algarve report poor working conditions
South Africa
- Headline: Coronavirus: KZN hospitals facing mask shortages
- Headline: Covid-19: Community healthcare frontliners left out of planning and training, says nurses union
South Korea
Spain
- Titular: SATSE: "La supresión de permisos a las enfermeras puede resultar contraproducente"
Headline: SATSE: "The removal of permits to nurses can be counterproductive" - Titular: Satse pide más enfermeras, respiradores y equipos de proteccón individual
Headline: Satse demands more nurses, respirators and personal protective equipment - Titular: SATSE reclama material de protección para enfermeras en residencias de mayores
Headline: SATSE demands protection material for nurses in nursing homes - Titular: Coronavirus: Enfermería exige cifras de profesionales afectados y aislados
Headline: Coronavirus: Nursing requires number of affected and isolated professionals - Titular: SATSE denuncia la falta de equipos de protección en los centros sociosanitarios
Headline: SATSE denounces the lack of protective equipment in health centers - Titular: Las enfermeras: “Nos estamos preparando para lo nunca visto”
Headline: Nurses: "We are preparing for the never before seen" - Titular: SATSE pide más protección para las enfermeras
Headline: SATSE demands for more protection for nurses
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
- Headline: Nurses must be able to rest, says Royal College of Nursing chief
- Headline: Royal College of Nursing backs BerkshireLive's NHS Heroes campaign
- Headline: Guernsey Nurses ‘will walk out’ once Coronavirus threat passes
- Headline: Coronavirus in Scotland: Nursing chief in plea for better equipment
- Headline: NHS staff fighting coronavirus pandemic still forced to pay hospital parking charges
- Headline: NHS missing 10,000 nurses since Brexit as Europeans avoid moving to the UK
United States
- Headline: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/nurses-fighting-coronavirus-facing-abhorrent-abuse-from-public-20-03-2020/
- Headline: UC San Diego Health System Nurse Says Equipment May Not Be Enough
- Headline: 'What It's Like To Be An ER Nurse On The Front Lines Of Novel Coronavirus'
- Headline: Some states have seen a 'phenomenal increase' in coronavirus tests — but U.S. still lags far behind
- Headline: Doctors Fear Being Taken Out of the Game by Infected Patients
- Headline: 'We're grossly unprepared': Nurses share their frustration as the coronavirus spreads with little direction from the government or hospitals on how to mitigate it
- Headline: Health care workers concerned over federal facial protection standards during coronavirus outbreak
- Headline: Federal Employees Worry Their Agencies Aren’t Keeping Them Safe from Coronavirus
- Headline: Nurses, doctors exposed to COVID-19 who miss work may lose their job under aid bill
- Headline: Trump to meet with nursing industry representatives
- Headline: Coronavirus updates from March 17, 2020
- Headline: Head of largest nurses union in US says they 'don't have protections they need' from coronavirus
- Headline: Covid-19 hits doctors, nurses and EMTs, threatening health system
- Headline: CA nurses call for more protection, equipment and training to treat COVID-19 patients
- Headline: Concerns over preparedness mount as VA hospitals brace for new coronavirus wave
- Headline: Too many coronavirus patients, too few ventilators: Outlook in US could get bad, quickly
- Headline: California health providers postpone elective surgeries to prepare for coronavirus surge
- Headline: Nurses say Kaiser not taking sufficient precautions with coronavirus
- Headline: Bay Area health care workers dealing with coronavirus short of crucial face masks
- Headline: Kaiser Nurses Demand Proper Protective Gear vs. Coronavirus
- Headline: Local Nurses Speak Up About Lack of Supplies
- Headline: Frontline Nurses Condemn Trump's Racism and Cruelty Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
- Headline: Nurses in Sonoma, Marin counties voice outrage over shortage of protective masks, other equipment
- Headline: OAKLAND HOSPITAL TOOK IN CORONAVIRUS CRUISE PATIENTS. NOW, LOW ON SUPPLIES, NURSES ASKED TO REUSE DISPOSABLE MASKS.
- Headline: Las Vegas nurses: 'Not enough supplies' to protect themselves, patients
- Headline: Concerns over preparedness mount as VA hospitals brace for new coronavirus wave
- Headline: DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT NEEDS $75 BILLION INFUSION IN CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS, SAYS REP. RO KHANNA
- Headline: Nurse drops hammer on Trump administration for treating healthcare workers as if they are ‘expendable’
- Headline: Imports of Medical Supplies Plummet as US Demand Soars
- Headline: 'We Need to Act Now and Act Fast': Nurses, Health Workers Warn of Protective Gear Shortage as Coronavirus Crisis Grows
- Headline: U.S. CDC, Emory University Set Up Sites to Check Coronavirus Symptoms Online
- Headline: Health industry scrambles for funding in third coronavirus bill
- Headline: 'This system is doomed': Doctors, nurses sound off in NBC News coronavirus survey
- Headline: Nurses: We Need Protective Gear. Now.
- Headline: Health care workers are running out of face masks. They’re asking people to donate.
- Headline: Amid shortage, Pence says millions of masks available 'now' for hospitals to buy
- Headline: Nurses protest to demand safety and equipment as they treat coronavirus patients
- Headline: NYC Public Hospital Worker Warns “We Should Expect the Worst” From Coronavirus
- Headline: Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand in US soars
- Headline: Hospitals ask veterinarians, dentists for supplies
- Headline: Sonoma County nurses voice outrage over shortage of protective masks, other equipment
- Headline: Medical Center nurses, one infected, say hospital needs more personal protective equipment
- Headline: On outbreak's front lines, medical workers fear mask rationing will heighten risks
- Headline: Kaiser Nurses: Supply Shortages Endanger Staff, Patients
- Headline: Health Care Workers Are Facing Burdens That Put Everyone at Risk
- Headline: Local dermatologist makes masks for her office so she can donate their surgical masks
- Headline: Nurses Protest Lack Of Personal Protective Equipment In COVID-19 Pandemic
- Headline: Nurses Call for More Protective Gear, Training in the U.S.
- Headline: KAISER PERMANENTE THREATENED TO FIRE NURSES TREATING COVID-19 PATIENTS FOR WEARING THEIR OWN MASKS, UNIONS SAY
- Headline: Most local hospitals seeking personal protective gear donations
- Headline: Trump says 'not easy' to find critical medical gear
- Headline: Here’s what we know about N95 masks
- Headline: Hospital Workers Warn Of ‘Doomed’ System To Deal With Coronavirus
- Headline: Healthcare Professionals Are 'Truly Scared to Come to Work' amid Coronavirus Supply Shortage
- Headline: Here’s What Could Happen If Doctors Get COVID-19
- Headline: 'A Patriotic and Moral Requirement': Healthcare Workers, on Frontlines of Coronavirus Pandemic, Demand Protective Equipment
- Headline: US hospitals face mounting financial struggles, equipment shortages, as coronavirus spreads
- Headline: Hospitals brace for COVID-19 cases, clamp down on visitors
- Headline: TV Doctors Donate Medical Supplies to Real-Life Hospitals
- Headline: ‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis
- Headline: Health care associations fear lack of protection from virus
- Headline: Nurses: California Needs to Do More on Protective Gear
- Headline: Nurses Demand Feds ‘Step It Up’ To Protect Health Care Workers On Front Line Of COVID-19
- Headline: CDC suggests nurses use bandanas, scarves during face mask shortage
- Headline: FRONTLINE NURSES TREATING CORONAVIRUS VICTIMS CONDEMN TRUMP’S RACIST RHETORIC AND CRUELTY
- Headline: Health Care Workers Implore Government For Masks To Protect Against Coronavirus
- Headline: US nurses in dire need of personal protective equipment, union says
- Headline: Nurses at Kaiser Roseville, South Sacramento say hospitals aren't taking proper coronavirus precautions for workers
- Headline: Health care workers concerned over federal facial protection standards during coronavirus outbreak
- Headline: Nurses Petition Congress For COVID-19 Protection
- Headline: U.S. CDC, Emory Univ set up sites to check coronavirus symptoms online
- Headline: Feds must increase production of personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test kits
- Headline: Health Care Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Outbreak Lack Key Protections
- Headline: UChicago Medicine Nurses Demand More Protective Equipment as Number of COVID-19 Cases Grows
- Headline: Nurses’ union: State needs to do more on protective gear
- Headline: Nurses Expressing Concerns Over Lack Of Protective Equipment
- Headline: HCA, nurses scrap over union organizing during coronavirus outbreak
- Headline: Two US doctors in critical condition with COVID-19, dozens more infected
- Headline: Bernie Sanders May Be Losing, But COVID-19 Is Keeping Medicare for All Alive and Well
- Headline: Cuts in Wisconsin hospitals push nurses to the limit
- Headline: Coronavirus drives surge in demand for temp healthcare workers
- Headline: Safety concerns spark hospital-employee clash
- Headline: Nurses take to social media to protest surgical mask policy
- Headline: With N-95 Collection Drive, Nurses gear up for Challenge Ahead
- Headline: Nurses launch campaign against CDC’s OK of bandannas and scarves
- Headline: Nurses Knew How to Fix Health Care. We Should’ve Listened
- Headline: PPE shortages leave providers scrambling during pandemic — 5 key things to know
- Headline: Workers See Coronavirus Mismanagement. Unions Are Helping Them Speak Out
- Headline: University, Hyde Park, Chicago Respond to Coronavirus
- Headline: Coronavirus pandemic straining medical supplies, forcing nurses to reuse masks with "no protection"
- Headline: Coronavirus Latest: PA Task Force One Found Setting Up Tents At Citizens Bank Park For Possible Mass Testing Site, Sources Say
- Headline: Amid shortage, Pence says millions of masks available 'now' for hospitals to buy
- Headline: Trump’s coronavirus response leaves federal workers, unions, confused and upset
- Headline: US hospitals postpone non-emergency procedures amid coronavirus pandemic
- Headline: Nurses in Bangor to discuss coronavirus safety precautions Saturday afternoon
- Headline: Bay Area Kaiser nurses protest lack of personal protective equipment
- Headline: In California, protective equipment shortage pushes nurses to consider drastic action
- Headline: Union Says UC Davis Medical Center ER Nurse Tested Positive For COVID-19
- Headline: Hospitals restricting masks, prompting outcry from their own work forces
- Headline: Nurses Take To The Streets To Demand Protective Gear
- Headline: Patient Dies at Good Samaritan a Day Before Testing Positive for COVID-19, Employees Worry About Exposure: Sources
- Headline: PPE & Face Masks are Running Out - Nurses Fear That They Are Being Infected By COVID-19
- Headline: ‘This is like a tsunami coming down on us.’ East Bay health workers say they are unprepared as COVID-19 cases climb
- Headline: 2 South Bay Hospital Employees Test Positive for COVID-19: Sources
- Headline: Coronavirus surge will strain California hospitals, Gov. Gavin Newsom warns
- Headline: Amid PPE Shortage, Clinicians Face Harassment, Firing for Self-Care
- Headline: Hospitals could face severe shortages of nurses, beds and blood. How California is responding
- Headline: UC San Diego nurses call for adequate protective equipment
- Headline: Surge plan calls for state to lease Daly City hospital for 'thousands' of COVID patients
- Headline: Union Says Nurse Diagnosed With Coronavirus
- Headline: The battle to protect health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic
- Headline: San Diego Nurse Talks About Safety Equipment Shortages, Stress On Health Workers
- Headline: UCSD Health Workers Voice Concerns Over Coronavirus Protective Equipment
- Headline: Coronavirus: Bay Area sewers are making thousands of homemade masks. But will hospitals take them?
- Headline: Coronavirus: 7 ways you can help Bay Area doctors and nurses right now
- Headline: ‘Just Keep Up the Faith’: Workers Are Stepping Up to Beat the Coronavirus
- Headline: Bay Area health care workers dealing with coronavirus short of crucial face masks
- Headline: Even before coronavirus, infectious disease was on rise in California — but spending got cut
- Headline: Life as a Health Care Worker on the Coronavirus Pandemic Front Lines
- Headline: This Is Life For Emergency Professionals On The Frontline Of The Coronavirus Outbreak
- Headline: Minnesota Nurses Association calling for N95 face mask donations amid shortage
- Headline: Minnesota nurses asking public to donate unused N95 masks
- Headline: Gov. Tim Walz: Minnesota should see COVID-19 as winter, not a blizzard
- Headline: 'Tension in our chests': Minnesota nurses on frontlines of COVID-19 say more equipment needed
- Headline: First responders ask Minnesota lawmakers to take action during COVID-19 pandemic
- Headline: Minnesota Nurses Association asks for community to donate protective masks
- Headline: How you can help Minnesota nurses and first responders
- Headline: MN doctors and nurses concerned about personal protection equipment shortage
- Headline: Mask by mask, Minnesotans answer call for gear for health care workers
- Headline: MINNESOTA’S NURSES ASKING FOR MORE COMMUNICATION
- Headline: Minnesota nurses spearhead drive for protective equipment
- Headline: Minnesota hospitals prepare for coming surge in COVID-19 patients
- Headline: How Essentia nurses prepare for COVID-19 spread
- Headline: What It's Like To Be A Nurse On The Front Lines Of The Coronavirus Pandemic
- Headline: Community health centers worried about mask shortage closing their doors
- Headline: Minnesota Senator, Doctor On Front Lines To Make A Difference In COVID-19 Battle
- Headline: St. Luke’s confirms 7 layoffs so far, reductions in hours; Essentia weighs options
- Headline: Amid concern for their safety, health care workers test positive for coronavirus
- Headline: State of the Union under pandemic shut-downs
- Headline: North Dakota coronavirus news, March 25: Bismarck activates emergency operations center
- Headline: COVID-19 cases in North Dakota rise to 45; workers' comp extended to first responders
- Headline: Maine State Nurses Association stresses hospital requirements to keep healthcare workers safe
- Headline: Coronavirus hits as Maine struggles to rebuild public health system