The outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic has led to health worker putting up a fight to contain the deadly disease.
With a huge increase in patients, doctors and nurses are working around the clock to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak, which has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.
In Italy, the European country with the highest record of cases, with more than 10,000 confirmed cases and 631 deaths, some health workers have narrated their ordeal catering for patients of the pandemic.
One nurse, Alessia Bonari in Milan, shared a picture on Instagram showing the bruises her protective mask had left on her face.
She said in Italian that when she is in her protective clothing, she can’t go to the toilet or drink for six hours.
Ms Bonari wrote: “I’m afraid to go to work.
“I am afraid because the mask may not adhere well to my face, or I may have accidentally touched myself with dirty gloves, or maybe the lenses do not completely cover my eyes and something may have passed.”
But Ms Bonari said that she remains committed to her job, despite her fears.
Another nurse, Martina Benedetti, described the “constant anxiety” that comes with caring for people with coronavirus.
She said in a Facebook post by Italian site Nurse Times: “This anxiety is the background to every manoeuvre, every thought, every action you have to perform, you have to constantly repeat that you can no longer touch your head if the elastic band for your hair hurts, if your nose itches you bear it.”
The Italian Government has now quarantined the entire country and asked people to stay indoors as much as possible, in a bid to control the spread of the virus.
