Nurses from the National Nurses United union are holding a protest outside the White House, calling on governors and federal officials to provide safety gear for medical staff fighting the pandemic.
Wearing a surgical mask, one woman read a letter to officials:
“We demand that you immediately get PPE to nurses, doctors and healthcare workers on the front lines of this pandemic.
“If you don’t protect us, we can’t protect our patients.”
Protesters held photos of nurses and doctors who have died from Covid-19, and signs saying: “20 seconds won’t scrub ‘hero’ blood off your hands.”
The union includes 150,000 nurses, and is the largest association of registered nurses in the US.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
