NEW YORK – “Soldiers don’t go to war without guns, why should nurses come to work without protective equipment?” asked Leyrose McIntyre, one of around 30 nurses demonstrating outside a New York hospital on Thursday.
The protest, rare in the age of social distancing, was over a lack of masks, gowns, and other protective equipment for health workers treating coronavirus patients in the epicenter of America’s deadly pandemic.
New York has recorded almost 100,000 confirmed cases – including some 2,300 deaths – and the nurses say a shortage of equipment is putting their lives at risk. (AFP)
