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Global Nurses United Press Clips
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Angola
Australia
- Headline: Govt lacked timely PPE info, SA nurses say
- Headline: Should the north-west have a new centralised hospital post-coronavirus crisis?
- Headline: Protest at Byron Hospital over wage freeze
- Headline: Coronavirus misinformation and confusion plagues health workers
- Headline: Nurses are national heroes, but how will they pay the rent?
- Headline: Bushfire relief donations continue despite COVID-19, but survivors still face challenges in pandemic
Brazil
- Manchete: Covid-19: Brasil lidera ranking mundial de enfermeiros mortos
Headline: Covid-19: Brazil leads the world ranking in dead nurses - Manchete: Covid: afastamento poderia ter salvo a vida de 43 enfermeiros, diz conselho
Headline: Covid: reassignment could have saved 43 nurses' lives, says council - Manchete: Coronavírus: Sindicato denuncia que enfermeiros recebem máscaras inadequadas para trabalhar no Recife
Headline: Coronavirus: Union denounces that nurses receive inappropriate masks to work in Recife - Manchete: Quase 23% dos servidores da UPA de Samambaia estão com coronavírus
Headline: Almost 23% of the UPA workers in Samambaia have coronavirus - Manchete: Vistoria aponta falhas em UPAs
Headline: Survey points out flaws in UPAs - Manchete: Técnica de enfermagem morre vítima de Covid-19 após 10 dias internada em Teresina
Headline: Nursing technician dies victim of Covid-19 after 10 day hospitalization in Teresina - Manchete: Entidades emitem nota de pesar por mortes em queda de avião no CE
Headline: Groups issue condolences after deaths in plane crash in CE - Manchete: Bolsonaro faz novo apelo pela proibição de reajustes salariais; sindicatos reagem
Headline: Bolsonaro makes a new appeal for the prohibition of salary readjustments; unions react - Manchete: Horas antes de morrer, enfermeiro pede socorro a colegas: “Estou agonizando”
Headline: Hours before dying, a nurse asks for help from colleagues: “I'm dying - Manchete: Mais de 4,4 mil profissionais da saúde já foram infectados pelo coronavírus no Ceará
Headline: More than 4,400 health professionals have already been infected with the coronavirus in Ceará - Manchete: Mato Grosso tem 147 enfermeiros e técnicos em observação por Covid-19 e duas mortes
Headline: Mato Grosso has 147 nurses and technicians under observation for Covid-19 and two deaths - Manchete: Propostas no Senado ampliam benefícios para profissionais de enfermagem
Headline: Senate proposals expand benefits for nursing professionals - Headline: Brazil’s Nurses Are Dying as Covid-19 Overwhelms Hospitals
Canada
- Headline: Quebec launches confidential whistleblower email for health workers
- Titre: « Vous êtes en train de nous achever », dit un syndicat d'infirmières
Headline: "You are killing us," says a nursing union - Titre: Faible progression des décès pour une deuxième journée consécutive
Headline: Slow progression of deaths for the second consecutive day - Titre: Grogne chez les anges
Headline: Growls from angels - Titre: Points de presse du 19 mai – 44 197 cas confirmés – Combat pour les préposés aux bénéficiaires
Headline: Press briefings of May 19 - 44,197 confirmed cases - Fight for beneficiaries' attendants - Titre: COVID-19 : 570 NOUVEAUX CAS ET 51 NOUVEAUX DÉCÈS AU QUÉBEC
Headline: COVID-19: 570 NEW CASES AND 51 NEW DEATHS IN QUEBEC - Headline: Quebec nurses union doubts government’s concern after whistleblower email launch
- Titre: Une boîte courriel pour permettre aux travailleurs de la santé de s'épancher
Headline: An email box to allow healthcare workers to spread their energy - Titre: Boîte courriel «On vous écoute»: «Pas la fin de l’omerta», dénonce la FIQ
Headline: Mailbox "We are listening to you": "Not the end of the code of silence", denounces the FIQ - Titre: COVID-19: Québec crée une adresse courriel pour les lanceurs d’alerte
Headline: COVID-19: Quebec creates an email address for whistleblowers - Titre: Le déconfinement pourra aller de l'avant à Montréal
Headline: The opening up can go ahead in Montreal - Headline: Coronavirus updates, May 19: Quebec reports 51 deaths; Canada-U.S. border closed until June 21
- Headline: Ontario long-term care homes faced 3 times more respiratory infection outbreaks than retirement homes from 2014-19
- Headline: Four out of five COVID-19 deaths have been linked to seniors homes. That says a lot about how Canada regards its elders
- Headline: UNION OBTAINS INJUNCTION REQUIRING NURSES BE FITTED FOR N-95 MASKS AT 4 LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
- Headline: Canada: Union Obtains Injunction Requiring Nurses Be Fitted For N-95 Masks At 4 Long Term Care Facilities
- Headline: Pandemic pay has become a contentious issue
- Headline: Health care workers still can’t access PPE, Gelinas says
- Headline: Producing Medical Equipment for Social Need
- Headline: SHA says investigation into Pasqua Hospital COVID-19 case shows no outbreak is happening
- Headline: Mandryk: Moe facing endless list of problems in COVID-19 fight
- Headline: Managed alcohol program in La Loche could be implemented elsewhere
- Headline: Manitoba nurses feeling undervalued, says union president
- Headline: Bonus question: Which workers should get a share of Manitoba's $120M 'risk payment' fund?
- Headline: Province, nurses union reach tentative deal on contract extension
Dominican Republic
Honduras
- Titular: Presidente de la ANEEAH confirma 54 casos positivos de enfermeras en el país
Headline: ANEEAH President confirms 54 positive cases of nurses in the country - Titular: En un 25% crece contagion de COVID-19 en personal de Salud
Headline: Spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers grows by 25%
India
- Headline: 56 pregnant nurses stranded abroad, plea filed in Delhi High Court urging their return
- Headline: Call of duty takes nurses from Kerala to West Asia
- Headline: HC tells Centre to give priority to persons with medical distress in Vande Bharat mission
Ireland
- Headline: Hospital staff fear return of overcrowding and understaffing in coming weeks
- Headline: Government said to be considering purchase and nationalisation of some private hospitals
- Headline: ‘The trolley problem is back’ – Concern over rise in patients waiting for beds
- Headline: Lowest number of deaths since March 27
- Headline: INMO Warns Of Cross-Infection As Trolley Figures Increase
- Headline: Listen: INMO Says Hospital Overcrowding Could Create Covid 19 Cross-Contamination Risk.
- Headline: HSE spent over €335m on temporary agency staff while recruitment freeze in place to stop hiring of permanent workers
Italy
- Titolo: TORINO – La protesta degli infermieri in piazza Castello; Nursind ha incontrato Cirio (FOTO)
Headline: TURIN – Nurses protest in Piazza Castello; Nursind met Cirio (PHOTO) - Titolo: La protesta degli infermieri dimenticati dalle istituzioni. Lettera del Nursind Piemonte
Headline: Protest by nurses forgotten by institutions. Letter from Nursind Piemonte - Titolo: Coronavirus. Protesta clamorosa degli infermieri Nursind a Torino stesi per terra davanti alla Regione: “Vogliamo il giusto risarcimento”
Headline: Coronavirus. Sensational protest of the Nursind nurses in Turin lying on the ground in front of the Region: "We want the right compensation" - Titolo: Solo 1 euro in più per turno, Nursind: "Non accettiamo le briciole quando i soldi ci sono"
Headline: Only 1 euro more per shift, Nursind: "We don't accept crumbs when there is money" - Titolo: Nursind, "Atteggiamento Usl non giustificabile"
Headline: Nursind, "Usl attitude not justifiable" - Titolo: Ddl Sicurezza Professioni Sanitarie, Nursind: "Stato non difende operatori"
Headline: Health Professions Security Bill, Nursind: "State does not defend operators" - Titolo: Nursind: in Toscana rafforzare l'infermiere di quartiere
Headline: Nursind: strengthen the neighborhood nurse in Tuscany
Kenya
- Headline: Health workers suspend strike after talks
- Headline: Health workers suspend strike after talks
- Headline: Pay cuts in private hospitals as business slumps
- Headline: Health Workers Union Officials To Sit In COVID-19 Taskforce
Mexico
New Zealand
- Headline: Primary health care nurses reject pay offer
- Headline: Nurses union calls for action from WorkSafe after attack at Middlemore Hospital
- Headline: DHB reports violent and aggressive behaviour towards staff
- Headline: Urgent calls for action after Middlemore Hospital staff member violently attacked
Peru
Philippines
- Headline: COVID-19 cases among medical workers not going down, group insists
- Headline: Raising the bar
- Headline: Fewer medical workers getting COVID-19 but fear, lack of testing and PPEs remain
- Headline: COVID-19 virus exposes missing government
Portugal
- Manchete: ULS da Guarda contratou 11 enfermeiros e 58 assistentes operacionais para reforçar resposta à pandemia
Headline: Guarda's ULS hired 11 nurses and 58 operational assistants to reinforce response to the pandemic - Manchete: Mais de 460 enfermeiros em isolamento sem teste
Headline: More than 460 nurses in isolation without testing
South Africa
- Headline: Nurses Day commemorated
- Headline: Private sector the biggest culprit of failing to protect its frontliners, claims Denosa
- Headline: DENOSA: PROVISION OF PPE FOR HEALTH WORKERS VITAL DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
- Headline: KZN GOVT: UKZN DIDN’T CONSULT MKHIZE BEFORE RELEASING ST AUGUSTINE'S REPORT
- Headline: Doctors and nurses down tools at Eastern Cape hospital
- Headline: Superheroes need help too: Health workers in plea for protective gear
Spain
- Titular: Satse pide que se "aclare la hoja de ruta" de las enfermeras de Atención Primaria
Headline: Satse demands "clarification of the road map" for Primary Care nurses - Titular: Satse exige más enfermeras en las residencias de mayores para no repetir «errores pasados»
Headline: Satse demands more nurses in nursing homes to avoid repeating "past mistakes" - Titular: SATSE ve necesario contratar a 1.000 nuevas enfermeras para reforzar los centros de salud madrileños
Headline: SATSE sees the need to hire 1,000 new nurses to strengthen Madrid health centers - Titular: Coronavirus: Enfermeras tras la pista del SARS-CoV-2
Headline: Coronavirus: Nurses on the trail of SARS-CoV-2 - Titular: Enfermería apoya que Madrid siga en la Fase cero: “Aún no estamos preparados”
Headline: Nurses union supports Madrid in continuing with Phase zero: "We are not ready yet" - Titular: SATSE acusa a políticos “arcaicos” de no permitir enfermeras en la Comisión de Reconstrucción
Headline: SATSE accuses "archaic" politicians of not allowing nurses on the Reconstruction Commission
United Kingdom
- Headline: Coronavirus latest: More than a third of nurses still forced to treat Covid-19 without adequate PPE
- Headline: “The government needs to show the support that the public has been showing to nurses” – Dame Donna Kinnair
- Headline: Coronavirus: More than one-third of nursing staff still feel under pressure to work without adequate PPE, survey finds
- Headline: RCN says guidance is confused for 'shielding' nurses
- Headline: Florence Nightingale wanted much more than applause. So do the nurses working during the coronavirus pandemic.
- Headline: Second survey of UK nurses and midwives highlights ongoing concerns about their health during COVID-19
- Headline: Royal Stoke nurses worked marathon 15-hour critical care shifts at height of Covid-19 crisis
United States
- Headline: On Badass Nurses: I Want My Death To Make You Angry
- Headline: MINNESOTA NURSES MARCH AT STATE CAPITOL, DEMAND MORE PPE
- Headline: Bay Area getting better at buying personal protective equipment, but nurses still feel vulnerable
- Headline: Labor union dispute between hospitals and nurses
- Headline: I sent masks to health workers but the Trump administration seized them instead of helping
- Headline: 'I have tested positive for COVID-19'
- Headline: How a single insurance company came to dominate Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 testing team
- Headline: How a Lobbying Campaign Pushed the CDC to Relax Protective Gear Guidelines
- Headline: From AVL Watchdog: Pandemic put pause on Mission’s troubles
- Headline: The first 100: COVID-19 took black lives first. It didn’t have to.
- Headline: Questions of Bias in Covid-19 Treatment Add to the Mourning for Black Families
- Headline: House Democrats Pass Relief Bill Expected to Fail in Senate
- Headline: Putin's Russia is handling the COVID-19 outbreak much like Trump's America — badly
- Headline: 'Papua New Guinea is not prepared': 4,000 nurses to strike over Covid-19 readiness
- Headline: 'He felt a strong pull to come there and help': Ohio nurse who came to help DC now in ICU
- Headline: The director of National Nurses United on the lack of PPE during the pandemic: ‘This is just out of control’
- Headline: How far would a million N95 masks go? It’s complicated, and this is why.
- Headline: AFL-CIO sues OSHA for coronavirus standard, says 'Trump administration refuses to act'
- Headline: AFL-CIO sues OSHA to demand standard for worker protections
- Headline: Senate Democrats Kill Sen. Moorlach’s Proposal To Include California In A 34-State Nursing Compact
- Headline: Officials defend plan to close San Jose hospital’s maternity ward
- Headline: We Don’t Have to Choose Between Our Health and the Economy
- Headline: Survey finds 87% of America’s nurses forced to reuse protective equipment
- Headline: Lockdown Delays Led to at Least 36,000 More Deaths, Models Find
- Headline: Thousands Of Nurses Say They Still Have To Reuse Masks While Treating Coronavirus Patients
- Headline: L.A. Surge Hospital for COVID-19 patients to close by the end of June
- Headline: Remote Communities Face Virus With Fewer Hospitals
- Headline: Asian American doctors and nurses are fighting racism and the coronavirus
- Headline: We Can Have Public Health, and the Economy Too
- Headline: Who is the AFL-CIO president?
- Headline: Nationwide survey: Most nurses have not been tested for COVID-19 and are forced to reuse face masks
- Headline: Nurses In Torrance Protest Working Conditions At Their Hospital
- Headline: A majority of US nurses have never had a COVID-19 test, and have had to re-use PPE like face masks, according to a survey of 23,000
- Headline: Thousands Of Nurses Say They Still Have To Reuse Masks While Treating Coronavirus Patients
- Headline: What We're Reading: Widespread PPE Shortage Reported; Timing of Lockdown Cost Lives; Special Education Setbacks
- Headline: Corporations and consumer groups battle over COVID-19 liability
- Headline: Kennedy calls for COVID-19 essential workers’ fund to give at least $250,000 to families of workers lost to disease
- Headline: News Briefs
- Headline: Culinary Union and a coalition of other Nevada unions demand PPE for all workers
- Headline: Coronavirus hits world superpowers as some look to reopen
- Headline: Stretched D.C.-Area Hospital Workers Say They Need More Protective Gear — And Hazard Pay
- Headline: The Pentagon spent hundreds of millions for useless mask-washing machines
- Headline: Health systems failing to protect nurses amid COVID-19 crisis, union claims
- Headline: Majority of 23,000 US nurses surveyed report having to reuse disposable PPE
- Headline: 84% of nurses haven't been tested for COVID-19 & 5 other survey findings
- Headline: NEW MODELS
- Headline: Nurses’ Union Using Coronavirus Chaos to Promote “Medicare for All”
- Headline: Photos: Nurses protest potential cuts by HCA Healthcare
- Headline: Congress Hears Tales of Front-Line Workers Risking It All
- Headline: One Way To Protect Workers In A Pandemic: Make It Harder To Fire Them
- Headline: HCA asks union to abandon wage increases this year
- Headline: If US had started social distancing a week earlier, about 36,000 fewer people would have died, study says
- Headline: COVID-19 fuels major revenue losses for Ridgeview, hospitals across state
- Headline: Nurses call for COVID-19 safety in protest march planned at State Capitol tonight
- Headline: Minnesota nurses fear for safety as a possible COVID-19 case surge looms
- Headline: Latest on COVID-19 in MN: 777 deaths; 550 now hospitalized
- Headline: ‘Where Is It?’ Nurses, Lawmakers Voice Frustrations Over Continued Lack Of Personal Protective Equipment
- Headline: MN Nurses Association President concerned about PPE levels
- Headline: COVID-19 pandemic, complaints both grow across Minnesota
- Headline: Minnesota Nurses Association holds informational picket
- Headline: VIDEO: The MN Nurses Association has a message for lawmakers
- Headline: D.C.-Area Hospital Workers Say They Need Hazard Pay, More Protective Gear
- Headline: Kindness And Courage Rolled Into One
- Headline: Dozens of Nurses Have Died of COVID-19. The Rest Are Still Forced to Reuse Masks.
- Headline: As election nears, Mission and nurses' union clash over who should get to vote and how
- Headline: Majority of 23,000 US nurses surveyed report having to reuse disposable PPE
- Headline: How a single insurance company came to dominate Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 testing team
- Headline: Hospital Workers Report Failures by Management to Notify Them of COVID Exposures