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Australia
- Headline: Coronavirus has placed huge demands on hospitals, but it has also cost nurses their jobs
- Headline: Defence Force brought in to re-open ED at Tasmanian hospital
- Headline: COVID-19: Tasmanian unions win protections
- Headline: No clause left unturned: public sector nurses and midwives finalise EBA
- Headline: 'We thought we were the safest place on earth': how Tasmania's COVID-19 outbreak unfolded
- Headline: New coronavirus infections in NSW rise by 29 as number of cases at aged-care facility spike
- Headline: Nurses Told Not To Wear Uniforms In Public To Avoid Abuse
- Headline: Midwifery award finalist establishes unique First Nations maternity health service
Brazil
- Manchete: No epicentro da pandemia, 62% dos servidores grupo de risco estão sem proteção
Headline: At the epicenter of the pandemic, 62% of at-risk workers are unprotected - Manchete: Justiça do Trabalho da Bahia determina uso obrigatório de EPIs para enfermeiros e afastamento dos grupos de risco
Headline: Bahia Labor Court determines mandatory use of PPE for nurses and removal of risk groups - Manchete: Justiça do Trabalho obriga Estado da Bahia e Prefeitura a fornecer EPI's para enfermeiros
Headline: Labor Court orders the State of Bahia and the City to provide PPE's for nurses - Manchete: Covid-19: Relatório de riscos do Hran aponta níveis críticos de insumos
Headline: Covid-19: Hran's risk report points to critical levels of inputs - Manchete: Juiz ordena que enfermeiros de grupos de risco sejam afastados de hospitais
Headline: Judge orders nurses from high-risk groups to be removed from hospitals - Manchete: Profissionais da saúde acionam STF contra jornadas sem limites permitidas por MP
Headline: Health professionals trigger FTS against journeys without limits allowed by MP
Canada
- Headline: Pay and benefits for long-term care workers must be protected -- and not just during pandemics
- Headline: JUSTIN TRUDEAU NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING BOLD TO FIX THE LONG-TERM-CARE DISASTER: HERE’S A SUGGESTION
- Headline: Coronavirus: Ontario Nurses’ Association calls work conditions in care homes ‘unfathomable’
- Headline: Ontario long-term care plan raises concerns about loopholes, staff wages amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Headline: Coronavirus: Ontario extends state of emergency, pledges more help for long term care homes
- Headline: Don’t go down this road, says Ontario Nurses’ Association about reusing masks
- Headline: Coronavirus: Personal support worker at Toronto nursing home dies of COVID-19
- Headline: St. Thomas hospital nurses added to more than 800 Ontario health workers with COVID-19
- Headline: ‘They’re scared’: How COVID-19 is impacting the mental health of doctors, nurses
- Headline: Families looking out for loved ones in long-term care
- Headline: Scott Thompson: After COVID-19, will we do justice to our heroes in health care?
- Headline: Canadian health workers on COVID-19 front line say they need mental health support, poll indicates
- Headline: Coronavirus: Nurses’ union urges premier to rethink ‘reopening Saskatchewan’
- Headline: ‘COVID-19 overload’: Saskatchewan nurses fight pandemic stress at work, home, union says
- Headline: 4th person dies from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
- Headline: Saskatchewan COVID-19 recoveries continue to outpace active cases
- Headline: SHA implements new mask requirements, one new coronavirus case in Saskatchewan
- Headline: Nursing home debate reveals deeper health care staffing issues, critics say
- Headline: Provincial government sending out ‘mixed messages’ on PPE: Manitoba Nurses Union
- Headline: Coronavirus: Winnipeg company proposes parking permit tags for health-care workers
- Headline: Nurses union questions how helpful specialist doctors could be in CHSLDs
- Headline: Why are Quebec's nursing homes so understaffed, and what's being done about it?
- Titre: COVID-19: La FIQ dénonce la gestion du CISSS Du Bas-Saint-Laurent durant la crise sanitaire
Headline: COVID-19: FIQ denounces the management of CISSS Du Bas-Saint-Laurent during the health crisis - Titre: Le CHSLD Herron avait besoin d’aide
Headline: CHSLD Herron needed help - Titre: La FIQ déplore qu’il ait fallu cette crise sanitaire pour que le gouvernement admette enfin la réalité
Headline: FIQ regrets that it took this health crisis for the government to finally admit reality - Titre: COVID-19 : Ottawa répondra à la demande d’assistance du Québec
Headline: COVID-19: Ottawa to respond to Quebec's request for assistance - Titre: COVID-19 : la FIQ exige une réelle reconnaissance des professionnelles en soins
Headline: COVID-19: FIQ demands real recognition for healthcare professionals - Titre: [MARDI 14 AVRIL] 120 000 morts, les derniers développements sur la pandémie de COVID-19
Headline: [TUESDAY APRIL 14] 120,000 dead, the latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic - Titre: COVID-19: un autre CHSLD en difficulté à Montréal
Headline: COVID-19: another CHSLD in difficulty in Montreal
Dominican Republic
Honduras
- Titular: Centenar enfermeras permanecen aisladas en Honduras por sospecha de COVID-19
Headline: Hundreds of nurses remain isolated in Honduras on suspicion of COVID-19 - Titular: Discriminación, otro drama que enfrentan pacientes y su entorno
Headline: Discrimination, another drama faced by patients and their environment - Titular: Por sospecha de COVID-19 aíslan a 70 enfermeras en Honduras
Headline: Suspecting COVID-19 isolate 70 nurses in Honduras - Titular: ANEEAH denuncia negativas de entregas de equipos de bioseguridad
Headline: ANEEAH denounces failed deliveries of biosafety equipment
India
- Headline: Helpline for Covid-19 nurses
- Headline: Alleging second-class treatment, nurses up the ante on safety gear and housing
- Headline: Private hospitals in trouble: Footfall crashes due to coronavirus fear; occupancy level falls 40%
- Headline: Lack of safety gear, harsh working conditions and no support: Who will hear the voices of Mumbai’s nurses?
- Headline: Healthcare workers are warriors, will set up helpline to redress of complaints: Centre to SC
Ireland
- Headline: INMO calling for use of face masks for healthcare workers
- Headline: 10% of Covid-19 Cases are Nurses
- Headline: INMO criticises Mater Private over sick leave entitlements for nurses
- Headline: Coronavirus: HSE staff can re-deploy to private nursing homes under new deal
- Headline: Mater Private refusing nurses special Covid-19 sick leave – union
- Headline: Key health workers calling in sick to mind their children - Siptu
Italy
- Titolo: Coronavirus e Infermieri. Il Nursind entra nel Global Nurses United
Headline: Coronavirus and Nurses. Nursind joins Global Nurses United - Titolo: La denuncia degli infermieri: “Avevamo bisogno di maggior tutela. Ora invece contiamo i morti”
Headline: The nurses’ complaint: “We needed more protection. Now instead we count the dead” - Titolo: Coronavirus, l'allarme del Nursind: "All'ospedale di Taormina controlli senza adeguate protezioni"
Headline: Coronavirus, Nursind's alarm: "At Taormina hospital without adequate protections" - Titolo: Coronavirus, la denuncia del Nursind: "Mascherine chirurgiche al posto delle altre: è grave"
Headline: Coronavirus, Nursind's complaint: "Surgical masks instead of the others: it's serious" - Titolo: NURSIND: “CARCERE DI ARGHILLÀ, L’’IMMOBILISMO DELL’ASP METTE AD ALTISSIMO RISCHIO SANITARIO GLI INFERMIERI E I DETENUTI”
Headline: NURSIND: "PRISON OF ARGHILLÀ, THE IMMOBILITY OF THE ASP PUTS NURSES AND PRISONERS AT A VERY HIGH HEALTH RISK" - Titolo: Infermieri sul piede di guerra: "La politica deve solo chiedere scusa"
Headline: Nurses on a war footing: "Politics must only apologize"
Kenya
- Headline: Vihiga County health workers down tools over unpaid salaries
- Headline: Anglican Church Roots For Better Perks For Medics Fighting COVID-19
- Headline: Nurses' union at loggerheads with salary commission over special allowances
New Zealand
- Headline: Coronavirus: Number of healthcare workers diagnosed with Covid-19 doubles in a week
- Headline: Covid 19 coronavirus: Wellington nurse caring for infected patients tests positive
- Headline: Covid-19: What industry leaders make of alert level 3 impacts on their sector
- Headline: Coronavirus: New national PPE distribution system introduced after faults and shortages
- Headline: New Zealand nurses hurt over uncharitable remarks
- Headline: Covid-19: Publicly-funded workers ineligible for subsidy 'should continue to be paid' - PM
- Headline: Paying 'casual' workers during Covid-19 lockdown: Are government agencies ignoring official advice?
- Headline: Coronavirus: Frontline workers finding alternative accommodation to protect their families from COVID-19
- Headline: PPE lack, not holidays to blame for nurse COVID cases
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
- Headline: Health workers say they should be tested for coronavirus regardless of symptoms
- Headline: De Lima urges health workers to tell gov't what they need to better fight COVID-19
- Headline: PH death toll surges to biggest in one day
- Headline: Group to gov’t: Hire Filipino nurses, ditch ‘volunteerism scheme’
- Headline: DFA, POEA still fight over right to travel
- Headline: No way to treat frontliners
- Headline: Nurses group calls for mass hiring of nurses amid COVID-19 pandemic
Portugal
South Africa
- Headline: Concern over Covid-19 cases at private hospitals
- Headline: Nurses scared to go to work because of lack of protective gear says union
- Headline: Spotlight on protective gear for hospital workers
- Headline: Coronavirus: Nurses at Sandton hospital raise concerns over safety, as union considers legal action
- Headline: KZN health system won't cope if more private hospitals close due to Covid-19
- Headline: Fear grips staff after nurse tests positive at Durban public hospital
Spain
- Titular: SATSE denuncia a Inspección de Trabajo "amenazas" a enfermeras para que alarguen la vida útil de EPIs
Headline: SATSE denounces Labor Inspectorate "threats" to nurses over extending the lifespan of PPE - Titular: SATSE critica el despido de varias enfermeras eventuales en hospitales de Valladolid
Headline: SATSE criticizes the dismissal of several temporary nurses in Valladolid hospitals - Titular: Satse propone que el premio Princesa de Asturias sea para los profesionales de Enfermería que luchan contra el covid-19
Headline: Satse proposes that the Princess of Asturias award be for Nursing professionals fighting against covid-19 - Titular: SATSE pide "un reconocimiento digno" de la profesión de Enfermería
Headline: SATSE demands "dignified recognition" of the nursing profession - Titular: Aluvión de denuncias de enfermeras obligadas a reutilizar los EPIs: ya son 27.000 contagiados
Headline: Flurry of complaints from nurses forced to reuse PPE: 27,000 have already been infected - Titular: Enfermeras y enfermeros, grandes profesionales
Headline: Nurses, great professionals
United Kingdom
- Headline: Coronavirus: Refuse to treat patients if you've got inadequate PPE, nurses told
- Headline: RCN invited to speak on PPE and testing concerns at select committee
- Headline: Coronavirus: UK 'probably' has 'Europe's highest death rate' because government was 'too slow' to act, expert warns
- Headline: Britain ‘could face 10 waves of coronavirus before reaching herd immunity’
- Headline: UK was too slow to react to the coronavirus outbreak, professor says
United States
- Headline: Randallstown FutureCare nurse dies of COVID-19
- Headline: ‘It’s so aggressive’: Maryland nurse dies of coronavirus, leaving her son, also a nurse, sounding a warning
- Headline: Do health-care workers know if their colleagues have covid-19? Depends where they work.
- Headline: Nurses Strain Under Extra Work Because Of COVID-19 Testing Protocols
- Headline: Despite promises of more masks, doctors and nurses have to reuse N95s
- Headline: What America’s Biggest Nursing Union Wants
- Headline: Shortage of protective medical gear is a national disgrace
- Headline: 'Putting Profits Over People': Unions Warn New Covid-19 Guidance From Trump CDC Endangers Frontline Workers
- Headline: Trump’s War on VA Workers Is Exposing Them to the Coronavirus
- Headline: Frontline Nurses Frustrated Over Lack Of Support, Union President Says
- Headline: STAFF AT ST. JOE’S FORCED TO REUSE SOME TYPES OF MASKS DUE TO PPE SHORTAGE
- Headline: Nurses calling on governor and employers to help fight coronavirus
- Headline: Coronavirus in San Diego and California: April 12 - 14 (midday), 2020
- Headline: 'Can't expect nurses to be miracle workers': Mask, equipment shortages push nurses to brink across nation
- Headline: 'It's really scary': Nurses face danger of COVID-19 daily
- Headline: Omaha VA reports 6 COVID-19 cases, 1 death as staff braces for patient surge
- Headline: Nurses Warn COVID-19 Cases At Cook County Jail Aren’t Just Staying Behind Bars
- Headline: Global death toll passes 100K as confirmed cases top 1.6 million
- Headline: Continuing hearings on Mission union battle puts WNC nurses at risk | OPINION
- Headline: Why Are They Shutting Down a Chicago Emergency Room During a Pandemic?
- Headline: Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia faces blowback as he curtails scope of worker relief in unemployment crisis
- Headline: Opinion: Nurses are putting our lives on the line. Support us, don’t attack our ability to speak out
- Headline: Amid pandemic, Ald. Hairston says her immediate concern is constituents' basic needs
- Headline: How NY hospital closures made COVID-19 worse
- Headline: 13 Investigates: COVID-19 medical supplies ordered by Indy hospitals sit in shipping warehouses awaiting release
- Headline: Nurses, Angered By Job Threat During Pandemic, Plan Action at Palomar Medical Center
- Headline: "Make the Damn Masks!"
- Headline: Sick nurses must prove they got COVID-19 on the job
- Headline: Nurses Suspended After Refusing to Work Without N95 Masks, but Hospital Now Accedes to Demands
- Headline: Lower Bucks Hospital nurses join call for more PPE
- Headline: Sheriff Tom Dart Pushes Back on Criticism Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: ‘I’m Outraged’
- Headline: Military branches were set to cut nearly 18,000 medical workers before pandemic
- Headline: ‘More people will die’
- Headline: Fresno nurses fear infection, say Kaiser Permanente lacks equipment amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Headline: Valley Med coronavirus outbreak underscores risks for health care workers
- Headline: Opinion: Stop pitting nurses against hospitals during the pandemic
- Headline: Coronavirus Drives U.S. Political Protest Off the Streets and Into Online Forums
- Headline: AFL-CIO's Trumka wants coronavirus contagious disease standard before going back to work
- Headline: Santa Monica Nurses Demand Masks
- Headline: “I Almost Wish That Patient Privacy Didn't Exist.” One New York Nurse’s Overwhelming Coronavirus Shifts
- Headline: Coronavirus crisis: San Jose's Regional Medical Center responds to union accusations while battling COVID-19
- Headline: Column: Nurses know we were unprepared for the coronavirus. They’re being punished for speaking out.
- Headline: Coronavirus Live Updates
- Headline: Ten California nurses suspended for refusing to work without N95 masks
- Headline: Many Treating Coronavirus In Florida Still Lack Protective Equipment
- Headline: Desperate for more N95 masks, researchers test decontamination measures
- Headline: These Nurses Were Suspended For Refusing To Work With Coronavirus Patients Without N95 Masks
- Headline: 10 Providence nurses suspended over demand for N95 masks while caring for coronavirus patients
- Headline: ‘I don’t want you to go.’ Fresno health care workers cry, pray with coronavirus patients
- Headline: Mission nurses protest outside hospital saying HCA decreased nurse to patient ratios
- Headline: Nurses protest PPE re-use at Arroyo Grande Community Hospital
- Headline: Understaffed hospitals in California are suspending nurses just when they need them most — and volunteers aren’t being deployed
- Headline: ‘Putting our lives on the line’: St. Joseph’s nurses protest critical shortage of protective virus equipment